get.matrix.adjacency {FinNet} | R Documentation |
Create any firm-firm (FF) matrix for common ownership or board interlocks
Description
Function to create a firm-firm (FF) matrix based on ownership or board interlocks:
Usage
get.matrix.adjacency(
...,
who = c("managers", "owners"),
ties = 3,
id_as_firm_name = NULL,
Matrix = NULL,
self_ties = FALSE
)
Arguments
... |
Either multiple objects of class |
who |
Whether to extract the 'managers' or the 'owners' (minimum unambiguous string) |
ties |
Type of ties to create. Defaults to |
id_as_firm_name |
Whether to use the ticker as the firm's name. Defaults to |
Matrix |
Whether to use the |
self_ties |
Whether to allow self-ties (a 'loop' in graph theory). Defaults to |
Details
The possible values of ties
and their effect relative to the value of who
are:
binary
or 0
for binary ties. Namely:
for
owners
:1
if there is at least one common owner,0
otherwise;for
managers
:1
if there is at least one common manager,0
otherwise.
naive
, or 1
for 'naively' valued ties. Namely:
for
owners
, the number of common owners;for
managers
, the number of common managers.
share
or 2
(the default) for 'normalised' tie values. Namely:
for
owners
, the share ofi
's owners who are also amongstj
's owners;for
managers
, the share ofi
's managers who are also amongstj
's managers.
Value
A matrix object of class financial_matrix
(possibly using the Matrix
package)
Author(s)
Telarico, Fabio Ashtar
See Also
FF FF.binary.ownership FF.binary.management FF.naive.ownership FF.naive.management FF.norm.ownership FF.norm.management