Table

Given a table number:

1. Locate the do-file that produces it in the project's script directory and run it with the Stata console binary — on macOS that is the lowercase stata-se / stata-mp inside the app bundle, e.g. /Applications/Stata/StataSE.app/Contents/MacOS/stata-se -b do <file>. Check which edition is actually installed rather than assuming MP. Gotcha: Mac batch Stata chokes on spaces in the -b do path. If any project directory has a space in its name, run through a wrapper do-file placed in a space-free directory whose only content is do "<quoted absolute path>".
2. Check the .log for r(###) errors; stop and report if any.
3. Confirm firm-level clustering is used unless the do-file says otherwise.
4. Regenerate the .tex fragment and recompile the document that \inputs it. Don't assume a main.tex — a project may hold several standalone root documents (the paper, a results appendix, a referee response), so compile the one that actually includes the fragment.
5. Report any overfull hbox for the affected page, with its pt measurement, to confirm fit. If latexmk/pdflatex aren't installed, tectonic compiles the same documents; either way send output to a temp directory so stray PDFs don't land in an Overleaf-synced folder.
6. Only then commit and sync to Overleaf, with a message naming the table.