Singular Matrix Error in 2nd order

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Omayusuf
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Singular Matrix Error in 2nd order

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Hi,
I am having difficulty running bootstrapping on the attached model. It keeps returning the error message "Singular Matrix" Problem. Can somebody please help me out on this?
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jmbecker
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Re: Singular Matrix Error in 2nd order

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You build a model that suffers from perfect multicollinearity. Your construct Tax_Inc is a combination of for constructs. You cannot put all four constructs as well the their combination at the same time in a regression on a final construct.
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