Publications by Econometrics and Free Software

How to basic: bar plots

11.04.2020

This blog post shows how to make bar plots and area charts. It’s mostly a list of recipes, indented for myself. These are plots I have often to do in reports and would like to have the code handy somewhere. Maybe this will be helpful to some of you as well. Actually, this post is exactly how I started my blog post. I wanted to have a repository...

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How to basic: bar plots

11.04.2020

This blog post shows how to make bar plots and area charts. It’s mostly a list of recipes, indented for myself. These are plots I have often to do in reports and would like to have the code handy somewhere. Maybe this will be helpful to some of you as well. Actually, this post is exactly how I started my blog post. I wanted to have a repository...

4479 sym R (10327 sym/24 pcs) 34 img

No excuse not to be a Bayesian anymore

19.04.2020

My first encounter with Bayesian statistics was around 10 years ago, when I was doing my econometrics master’s degree. I was immediately very interested by the Bayesian approach to fit econometric models, because, when you’re reading about Bayesian approaches, it just sounds so easy and natural. You have a model, you might have some prior bel...

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No excuse not to be a Bayesian anymore

19.04.2020

My first encounter with Bayesian statistics was around 10 years ago, when I was doing my econometrics master’s degree. I was immediately very interested by the Bayesian approach to fit econometric models, because, when you’re reading about Bayesian approaches, it just sounds so easy and natural. You have a model, you might have some prior bel...

9808 sym R (8238 sym/8 pcs) 6 img

Exploring NACE codes

26.04.2020

A quick one today. If you work with economic data, you’ll be confronted to NACE code sooner or later. NACE stands for Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne. It’s a standard classification of economic activities. It has 4 levels, and you can learn more about it here. Each level adds more details; ...

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Exploring NACE codes

26.04.2020

A quick one today. If you work with economic data, you’ll be confronted to NACE code sooner or later. NACE stands for Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne. It’s a standard classification of economic activities. It has 4 levels, and you can learn more about it here. Each level adds more details; ...

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Gotta go fast with “{tidytable}”

04.09.2020

I’m back in business! After almost 5 months of hiatus, during which I was very busy with my new job, and new house, I’m in a position where I can write again. To celebrate my comeback, I’ll introduce to you the {tidytable} package, which I learned about this week on Twitter. {tidytable} is a package that allows you to manipulate data.table ...

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Gotta go fast with “{tidytable}”

04.09.2020

I’m back in business! After almost 5 months of hiatus, during which I was very busy with my new job, and new house, I’m in a position where I can write again. To celebrate my comeback, I’ll introduce to you the {tidytable} package, which I learned about this week on Twitter. {tidytable} is a package that allows you to manipulate data.table ...

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