get.matrix.twomode: Function to create a firm-owner (FO) or firm-manager (FM)...

In FinNet: Quickly Build and Manipulate Financial Networks

Function to create a firm-owner (FO) or firm-manager (FM) matrix

Description

The possible values of ties are:

• binary or 1 for binary ties;

• weighted, valued, or 2 to weight the tie between company i and the person j as the value of j's share of i's capital;

• share or 3 (the default) to weight the tie between company i and the person j as the share of i's capital owned by j.

Usage

get.matrix.twomode(..., who, ties = 3, id_as_firm_name = NULL, Matrix = NULL)

Arguments

...	Either multiple objects of class firm or a list of such objects
who	Whether to extract the 'managers' or the 'owners' (minimum unambiguous string)
ties	Type of ties to create. Defaults to 3; for other possible values, see details.
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/owners (physical and legal persons).

Author(s)

Telarico, Fabio Ashtar

See Also

FM FO.binary FO.naive FO.norm

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