Hello all,

I recognize the title is probably a bit confusing so I am gonna try to illustrate what I want to do below:

Consider that I already have the variables "F", "t" and "Beta", and I want to create a new column called "weighted beta", "weighted beta2" and so on. I will write these new variables according to the formula I want to use below but note that I have not been able to generate them yet. The idea is that the t-1 part will generate 0 division, causing stata to fill the cells with zeros, which is what I want, and also it will give the proper weight to my betas. The problem is that I do not know how to fix a beta in the formula...

Code:
F       t      Beta                    weighted beta                         weighted beta2         weighted beta3       weighted beta4
1       1         0.7                          =(1/t)*0.7                           =(1/(t-1))*0.5=0          =(1/(t-2))*0.3=0           =(1/(t-3))*0.55=0
1       2         0.5                          =(1/t)*0.7                           =(1/(t-1))*0.5              =(1/(t-2))*0.3=0           =(1/(t-3))*0.55=0
1       3         0.3                          =(1/t)*0.7                           =(1/(t-1))*0.5              =(1/(t-2))*0.3               =(1/(t-3))*0.55=0
1       4         0.55                        =(1/t)*0.7                           =(1/(t-1))*0.5              =(1/(t-2))*0.3                =(1/(t-3))*0.55
2       1         0.3                          =(1/t)*0.3                           =(1/(t-1))*0.4=0          =(1/(t-2))*0.67=0          =(1/(t-3))*0.3=0
2       2         0.4                          =(1/t)*0.3                           =(1/(t-1))*0.4              =(1/(t-2))*0.67=0          =(1/(t-3))*0.3=0
2       3         0.67                        =(1/t)*0.3                           =(1/(t-1))*0.4              =(1/(t-2))*0.67              =(1/(t-3))*0.3=0
2       4         0.3                          =(1/t)*0.3                           =(1/(t-1))*0.4              =(1/(t-2))*0.67              =(1/(t-3))*0.3
So, as you can see, for each weighted beta I want to fix a certain value of "Beta" based on the respective "t"- value... Any ideas?

Kind Regards,
Birger