R is a powerful and open-source language for econometrics, statistics and data science. Be sure to check the below articles and read about 6 popular packages!
- echoice2 – this new R package executes economic models of choice, which comprises discrete choice & volumetric choice models with & without screening rules. Dr. Nino Hardt, the package creator, shares details here.
- bidask is used to estimate bid-ask spreads in financial markets, and it is based on the academic paper: “Efficient estimation of bid-ask spreads from open, high, low, and close prices” by David Ardia (HEC Montreal), Emanuele Guidotti and Tim Kroencke (University of Neuchâtel). Find information here.
- hofa – Professor Kris Boudt demonstrates a framework that can do a PCA-like analysis on coskewness and cokurtosis matrices. The article “Gaining from Non-normality in Factor Analysis” explains how to test this methodology with the open-source hofa from the Sentometrics company.
- IBrokers – this package provides connectivity used for API trading. Watch this tutorial on how to use it to place orders.
- rsims can be utilized for fast backtesting. Check out this article from Kris Longmore, Robot Wealth, for sample code.
- portfolio.optimization – Ronald Hochreiter looks at several modeling and optimization approaches using R and shares insights on a portfolio optimization modeling language built on top of a generalized algebraic model. Learn more here.
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