How to correct the data loading?

Hey,

I have downloaded the matlab code of Burnside 1999 (Gmm estimation), you can find the folder at https://ideas.repec.org/c/dge/qmrbcd/76.html. I followed the isntruction in the readme file, but I have this error message

>> cd C:\Users\HOUDA\Documents\burnside\indivis
ans =
Indivisible Labor Model Deterministic Trend
ans =
Parameters: Theta,lnA,rhoA,sigA,Ay,lnGamm,Delta,Alpha,5 Data Mom
??? Error using ==> load
Number of columns on line 115 of ASCII file
C:\Users\HOUDA\Documents\burnside\hoarding.dat
must be the same as previous lines.

Error in ==> indivis at 47
load 'hoarding.dat' ;

please help I have ti replicate this code.

thanks

Answer 1

[Jan]

Open the file hoarding.dat in a text editor and delete the character in the last line. In my editor it looks like a small arrow.

I recommend to contact the author and asking to fix this file.

[Walter Roberson]

It is a control-Z . If read in MS Windows in text mode it should indicate end of file. Any other system, or not in text mode and it would cause problems.