def METHOD_NAME(dta_path, dbf_path):
    """Wrapper function to convert a stata ``.dta`` file into a ``.dbf``
    file.  Uses ``df2dbf`` to write the ``.dbf`` files from a ``pandas.DataFrame``.
    Uses all default settings for ``df2dbf`` (see docs for specifics).
    Author(s) -- Luc Anselin <anselin@uchicago.edu>
    Parameters
    ----------
    dta_path : str
        Path to the Stata ``.dta`` file.
    dbf_path : str
        Path to the output ``.dbf`` file.
    Returns
    -------
    dp : str
        path to output file
    """
    db = pd.read_stata(dta_path)
    dp = df2dbf(db, dbf_path)
    return dp