XTBREAKMODEL: Stata module to compute heterogeneous structural breaks in panel data models

Merwan Roudane ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: The xtbreakmodel command estimates structural breaks in panel data regression models y_it = x'_it * beta(t) + alpha_i + epsilon_it using four state-of-the-art methods: (1) GAGFL — Grouped Adaptive Group used Lasso (Okui & Wang, 2021, Journal of Econometrics). Allows units to belong to G latent groups where each group has its own break dates and regime-specific coefficients. Simultaneously estimates group membership and group-specific structural breaks. (2) AGFL/PLS — Adaptive Group Fused Lasso for common breaks (Qian & Su, 2016, Journal of Econometrics). Assumes all units share the same break dates. Uses Block Coordinate Descent with adaptive fused L1 penalty and BIC-type information criterion for lambda selection. (3) BFK — Sequential Least Squares break detection (Baltagi, Feng & Kao, 2016, Journal of Econometrics). Detects common breaks via sequential SSR minimization across candidate break dates. (4) SaRa — Screening and Ranking Algorithm (Li, Xiao & Chen, 2025). Nonparametric approach using local kernel coefficient estimation at multiple bandwidths with median thresholding and IC-based final selection.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 14
Keywords: panel data; structural breaks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-03-29
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