Coalgaspq Codebook
The data are in the following columns:
| State | 1-7 | the state of the observation |
| coalp | the price of coal, 1993 | |
| coalq | the quantity of coal, 1993 | |
| gasp | the price of natural gas, 1993 | |
| gasq | the quantity of natural gas, 1993 | |
| pop | the population of the state (thousands) | |
| income | median family income in the state ($) | |
| cdd | cooling degree days (how hot the summer is) | |
| hdd | heating degree days (how cold the winter is) | |
| ctop5 | dummy=1 if state is a top5 coal producer | |
| cadj | dummy=1 if state is adjacent to top5 coal producer | |
| gtop5 | dummy=1 if state is a top5 gas producer | |
| gadj | dummy=1 if state is adjacent to top5 gas producer |
The following code fragment reads in the data if you put it in
the
c:\temp\ directory:
SAS Code Fragment