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coefplot: Putting names of regressions on y-axis

The following code will generate a coefficient plot:

sysuse auto, clear
regress price mpg trunk length turn if foreign==0
estimates store D
regress price mpg trunk length turn if foreign==1
estimates store F
coefplot D F, drop(_cons) xline(0)

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However, I want to put custom names for each stored regression set of results on the y-axis:

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I tried various things about scale and label like xrescale but failed.

EDIT:

I do not mean to repeat Domestic and Foreign. I only want to keep trunk. All other coefficients are not necessary. So Domestic and Foreign will appear just once.

Solution

  • I think this is a terrible idea. If you keep repeating Domestic/Foreign, then there is no way for the reader to know which pair corresponds to each variable.

    Here's a better approach:

    sysuse auto, clear
estimates clear 

regress price mpg trunk length turn if foreign==0
estimates store D

regress price mpg trunk length turn if foreign==1
estimates store F

coefplot (D, asequation(Domestic) \ F, asequation(Foreign)), drop(_cons) xline(0)

    enter image description here

    Alternatively:

    coefplot (D, asequation \ F, asequation), drop(_cons) xline(0) ///
eqlabels("Domestic" "Foreign", asheadings)

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    EDIT:

    The only way you can achieve what you want is by using the following hack:

    coefplot D F, drop(_cons mpg length turn) ///
coeflabels(trunk = `""Domestic -" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "Foreign -""') ///
ylabel(, notick labgap(0)) xline(0) legend(off)

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    You will obviously have to adapt it for your different use cases.