On Fri, 30 Jun 2023, Josué Martínez-Castillo wrote: > Hi, > I'm a newbie in gretl, very excited to learn how to use the program for > learning econometrics on my own. However, right now I'm curious on how to > estimate 100-based indices when dealing with panel data. For example, what > if I want to estimate a 100-based index for each unit using as base year > the first year available of, say, real GDP. > > I was looking for the answer in the manual of the 2023 version of gretl. No > success. I was hoping maybe someone can help me with guidance. Good question. As things stand there isn't a built-in way to construct such indices for panel data using the graphical interface. But assuming you want the indices to work in the time dimension for each panel unit, it's actually not hard to do via scripting. Here's an example [...]