Articles by Simon

Dieselgate: An Example with Data Preparation

June 3, 2017 | Simon

With the VW Dieselgate event as empirical seeting, this page shows you how to fetch data in R, perform an Event Study, and do some basic plots with our R package. library(tidyquant) library(dplyr) library(readr) Data Preparation We use the package... [Read more...]

Event Study RStudio Addin

May 24, 2017 | Simon

Motivation We developed a easy to use and intuitive Event Study addin for the popular R IDE from RStudio. This addin is designed in view to our web frontend, but with the advantage that the user can immediately work with the results from R. Furthermor... [Read more...]

Using the EventStudyTools R package

April 15, 2017 | Simon

The attached sample data and request files were constructed to illustrate the use of the EventStudyTools R-package. The files hold data about the addition of several well known firms to the S&P 500 index in the late 1990s. With this data, the R pac... [Read more...]

Statistical Analysis of the LAC Degerloch Volkslauf 2010

June 15, 2011 | Simon

Inspired by a post by a R-blogger my interest was piqued to examine the runs in my athletic club. Therefore, I started R and analysed he LAC Degerloch Volkslauf 2010; a 10km race near Stuttgart-Hoffeld. Next lines, I present this statistical examination. The data can be found at: data. Firstly, I ... [Read more...]

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