econtools (version 0.1.1)

add_gov_exp_column: Add Government Expenditure to Country Data

Description

Add Government Expenditure to Country Data

Usage

add_gov_exp_column(
  df,
  id_column,
  id_type = "iso3_code",
  date_column = NULL,
  target_column = "gov_exp"
)

Value

A data frame with an additional column containing government expenditure data.

Arguments

df

A data frame containing country identifiers.

id_column

Name of the column containing country identifiers.

id_type

Type of country identifier. Defaults to "iso3_code".

date_column

Optional. Name of the column containing dates for time-specific data.

target_column

Name of the output column. Defaults to "gov_exp".

Examples

# \donttest{
# Add government expenditure
df <- data.frame(country = c("USA", "GBR", "FRA"))
result <- add_gov_exp_column(df, id_column = "country")

# With years
df <- data.frame(country = c("USA", "GBR"), year = c(2010, 2020))
result <- add_gov_exp_column(df, id_column = "country", date_column = "year")
# }