************************************************************************************************ ******************************** Table 4: Placebo tests: change the year of exam_column(1)-(6) ************************************************************************************************ use Data\HunanCntyYr.dta,clear ******************************************************************************** ********************** gen Zeng Guofan period dummies gen Post=0 if year<1854 replace Post=1 if year>=1854&year<=1864 foreach y of varlist Zeng_all0_invdist_pc Zeng_all0_pc Zenghu_all Zenghu_all_invdist Zeng_all0 Zeng_all0_invdist Zeng_exam0_invdist Zeng_BMF_invdist Zeng_Juren_invdist invdist0_L1 invdist0_F1 lnarea capital lnurbanpop lnpop dist_nanjing lnjinshi lnquotas mainriv route1 dist2canal lnwheat lnrice { gen `y'_Post=`y'*Post } ************************** egen prefidXyear=group(prefid year) ************************************* Change the year of exam reghdfe lnmartyr1 Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post capital_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lnquotas_Post route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnwheat_Post lnrice_Post lnpop_Post lnarea_Post if cntyid!=25 , absorb(year cntyid prefidXyear) cluster(cntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons replace reghdfe lnmartyr1 Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_F1_Post capital_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lnquotas_Post route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnwheat_Post lnrice_Post lnpop_Post lnarea_Post if cntyid!=25 , absorb(year cntyid prefidXyear) cluster( cntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append reghdfe lnmartyr1 Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post capital_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lnquotas_Post route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnwheat_Post lnrice_Post lnpop_Post lnarea_Post if cntyid!=25 , absorb(year cntyid prefidXyear) cluster( cntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append ************************************* IV estimates ivreghdfe lnmartyr1 (Zeng_all0_invdist_Post=Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post) invdist0_L1_Post capital_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lnquotas_Post route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnwheat_Post lnrice_Post lnpop_Post lnarea_Post if cntyid!=25 , absorb(year cntyid prefidXyear) cluster( cntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append ivreghdfe lnmartyr1 (Zeng_all0_invdist_Post=Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post) invdist0_F1_Post capital_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lnquotas_Post route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnwheat_Post lnrice_Post lnpop_Post lnarea_Post if cntyid!=25 , absorb(year cntyid prefidXyear) cluster( cntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append ivreghdfe lnmartyr1 (Zeng_all0_invdist_Post=Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post) invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post capital_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lnquotas_Post route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnwheat_Post lnrice_Post lnpop_Post lnarea_Post if cntyid!=25 , absorb(year cntyid prefidXyear) cluster(cntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ ******************************** Table 4: Placebo tests: change the year of exam_column(7)-(11) ************************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************ use Data\HuaiYr.dta,clear **************************** gen Post=0 if year<1854 replace Post=1 if year>=1854&year<=1864 ********* foreach y of varlist Zeng_all0_invdist Zeng_exam0_invdist invdist0_L1 invdist0_F1 lncntyarea lncntypop lnrice lnwheat mainriv dist2canal prefcap lnurbanpop lnjinshi lncntyquota0 dist_nanjing Taiping_route1 { gen `y'_Post=`y'*Post } ********************* Table 4, columns (7)-(11) xi: reghdfe lnmartyr_yr prefcap_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lncntyquota0_Post Taiping_route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnrice_Post lnwheat_Post lncntypop_Post lncntyarea_Post Zeng_all0_invdist_Post , absorb(year samcntyid prefidXyear) cluster( samcntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append xi: reghdfe lnmartyr_yr prefcap_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lncntyquota0_Post Taiping_route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnrice_Post lnwheat_Post lncntypop_Post lncntyarea_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post , absorb(year samcntyid prefidXyear) cluster( samcntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append xi: reghdfe lnmartyr_yr prefcap_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lncntyquota0_Post Taiping_route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnrice_Post lnwheat_Post lncntypop_Post lncntyarea_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post, absorb(year samcntyid prefidXyear) cluster( samcntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post ) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append xi: reghdfe lnmartyr_yr prefcap_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lncntyquota0_Post Taiping_route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnrice_Post lnwheat_Post lncntypop_Post lncntyarea_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_F1_Post , absorb(year samcntyid prefidXyear) cluster( samcntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_all0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append xi: reghdfe lnmartyr_yr prefcap_Post lnurbanpop_Post lnjinshi_Post lncntyquota0_Post Taiping_route1_Post dist_nanjing_Post mainriv_Post dist2canal_Post lnrice_Post lnwheat_Post lncntypop_Post lncntyarea_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post , absorb(year samcntyid prefidXyear) cluster( samcntyid) outreg2 using Results\Table_4.doc, keep(Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post Zeng_exam0_invdist_Post invdist0_L1_Post invdist0_F1_Post) se bdec(3) rdec(3) nocons append