Malawi and other countries do not provide quarterly data on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other economic variables. The paper serves to address this problem by providing the reader with knowledge on how to carry out the interpolation of quarterly data from yearly aggregates

The global financial crisis and the ensuing criticism of macroeconomics have inspired researchers to explore new modeling approaches. There are many new models that deliver improved estimates of the transmission of macroeconomic policies and aim to better integrate the financial sector in...

This book explains the best practices of the UNCTAD & WTO for trade analysis to the R users community. It shows how to replicate the UNCTAD & WTO's Stata codes in the Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis by using R. Applications and exercises are chosen from the Practical Guide to Trade...

"We make decisions all the time. Some decisions may appear routine: What shirt to wear? What to have for lunch? Should I purchase this on-line or go to the store? Should I respond to a post that I feel knowledgeable about? Others are more complex: Should I recommend that my client invest in a...

This book provides a contemporary treatment of quantitative economics, with a focus on data science. The book introduces the reader to R and RStudio, and uses expert Hadley Wickham’s tidyverse package for different parts of the data analysis workflow. After a gentle introduction to R code, the...