FM: Function to create a (necessarily binary) firm-manager (FM)...

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Function to create a (necessarily binary) firm-manager (FM) matrix

Description

Function to create a (necessarily binary) firm-manager (FM) matrix

Usage

FM(..., id_as_firm_name = NULL, Matrix = NULL)

Arguments

...	Either multiple objects of class firm or a list of such objects
id_as_firm_name	Whether to use the ticker as the firm's name. Defaults to TRUE if all firms' id is neither NULL nor NA.
Matrix	Whether to use the Matrix package. Defaults to TRUE when there are more than 10,000 combinations and the package is installed.

Value

A matrix object of class financial_matrix (possibly using the Matrix package) in which:

the rows

Represent firms;

the columns

Represent managers (usually physical persons).

Author(s)

Telarico, Fabio Ashtar

See Also

FO.binary FO.naive FO.norm

Examples

# Create the FM matrix of Berkshire Hathaway's holdings

data('firms_BKB')
  FM <- FM(firms_BKB)

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