Compute the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index
balassa1965tradepecan for a given dataset.

A portfolio of tools for economic complexity analysis and
industrial upgrading navigation. The package implements essential measures
in international trade and development economics, including the relative
comparative advantage (RCA), economic complexity index (ECI) and product
complexity index (PCI). It enables users to analyze export structures,
explore product relatedness, and identify potential upgrading paths grounded
in economic theory, following the framework in Hausmann et al. (2014)
<doi:10.7551/mitpress/9647.001.0001>.

Shiying Xiao

pecan

Portfolio for Economic Complexity Analysis and Navigation

rca function

<dl><dt>data</dt>
<dd>A data frame or matrix containing the data.<ul>
<li>If a data frame, it should have columns representing economies,
products, and export values.</li>
<li>If a matrix, it should be an economy-by-product matrix with export
values.</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>binary</dt>
<dd>A boolean (default = TRUE) specifying whether to return binary
RCA values (1 if RCA &gt;= threshold, 0 otherwise).</dd>
<dt>threshold</dt>
<dd>A numeric value (default = 1) specifying the threshold for
binary RCA values.</dd>
<dt>econ</dt>
<dd>A character string (default = "economy") specifying the column
name for economies when <code>data</code> is a data frame.</dd>
<dt>prod</dt>
<dd>A character string (default = "product") specifying the column
name for products when <code>data</code> is a data frame.</dd>
<dt>exp</dt>
<dd>A character string (default = "export") specifying the column name
for export values when <code>data</code> is a data frame.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Revealed Comparative Advantage Index / Balassa Index — rca

<dl>

<dt>data</dt>
<dd>A data frame or matrix containing the data.<ul>
<li>If a data frame, it should have columns representing economies,
products, and export values.</li>
<li>If a matrix, it should be an economy-by-product matrix with export
values.</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>binary</dt>
<dd>A boolean (default = TRUE) specifying whether to return binary
RCA values (1 if RCA &gt;= threshold, 0 otherwise).</dd>


<dt>threshold</dt>
<dd>A numeric value (default = 1) specifying the threshold for
binary RCA values.</dd>


<dt>econ</dt>
<dd>A character string (default = "economy") specifying the column
name for economies when <code>data</code> is a data frame.</dd>


<dt>prod</dt>
<dd>A character string (default = "product") specifying the column
name for products when <code>data</code> is a data frame.</dd>


<dt>exp</dt>
<dd>A character string (default = "export") specifying the column name
for export values when <code>data</code> is a data frame.</dd>

</dl>

rca: Revealed Comparative Advantage Index / Balassa Index

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