****************************************************************************************** * Replicate Table 4 of "Safe Assets" by Barro, Fernandez-Villaverde, Levintal and Mollerus ****************************************************************************************** clear all clear mata set mem 500m set maxvar 32767 set more off cap log close clear use rscfp2019 // can be downloaded from https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/files/scfp2019s.zip gen stockfund = stmutf gen stocks_indirect = equity - stocks - stockfund /* the variable equity is generated by SCF to measure all stock holdings, including indirect holdings of stocks. */ gen realestate_net = houses - mrthel + oresre - resdbt +nnresre gen otherphysical = vehic + othnfin gen allequity = equity + bus * percentiles _pctile networth [aweight = wgt], p(50,75,90,95,99) local p50 = r(r1) local p75 = r(r2) local p90 = r(r3) local p95 = r(r4) local p99 = r(r5) gen pctile = 0 replace pctile = 1 if networth<=`p50' replace pctile = 2 if networth>`p50' & networth<=`p75' replace pctile = 3 if networth>`p75' & networth<=`p90' replace pctile = 4 if networth>`p90' & networth<=`p95' replace pctile = 5 if networth>`p95' & networth<=`p99' replace pctile = 6 if networth>`p99' foreach var in "networth" "allequity" "stocks" "stockfund" "bus" "stocks_indirect" "realestate_net" "othnfin" "vehic" { di "`var'" gen sum_`var' = 0 gen share_`var' = 0 gen port_`var' = 0 foreach x in 1 2 3 4 5 6 { sum `var' [aweight = wgt] if pctile==`x' replace sum_`var' = r(sum) if _n==`x' } * total population sum `var' [aweight = wgt] replace sum_`var' = r(sum) if _n==7 * bottom 90 sum `var' [aweight = wgt] if pctile<=3 replace sum_`var' = r(sum) if _n==8 * p90-p95 sum `var' [aweight = wgt] if pctile==4 replace sum_`var' = r(sum) if _n==9 * top 5 sum `var' [aweight = wgt] if pctile>=5 replace sum_`var' = r(sum) if _n==10 * top 1 sum `var' [aweight = wgt] if pctile==6 replace sum_`var' = r(sum) if _n==11 * share in total population replace share_`var' = sum_`var'/sum_`var'[7] } keep share* keep if _n<=11 quietly log using Tables_1_to_4.smcl, append * Table 4 (transposed) list share_networth share_allequity share_stocks share_stockfund share_bus share_stocks_indirect share_realestate_net share_othnfin share_vehic if _n>=8, clean noobs log close