require: Package dependencies for reproducible research

Author:

Sergio Correia, Matthew P. Seay

Keyword:

Economics, Econometrics, Econometrics (econ.EM)

journal:

date:

2023-09-19 16:00:00

Abstract

The ability to conduct reproducible research in Stata is often limited by the lack of version control for user-submitted packages. This article introduces the require command, a tool designed to ensure Stata package dependencies are compatible across users and computer systems. Given a list of Stata packages, require verifies that each package is installed, checks for a minimum or exact version or package release date, and optionally installs the package if prompted by the researcher.

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