Quantitative Economics with R: A Data Science Approach

This book provides a contemporary treatment of quantitative economics, with a focus on data science. The book introduces the reader to R and RStudio, and uses expert Hadley Wickham’s tidyverse package for different parts of the data analysis workflow. After a gentle introduction to R code, the reader’s R skills are gradually honed, with the help of “your turn” exercises.

At the heart of data science is data, and the book equips the reader to import and wrangle data, (including network data...