eBayesian Growth Rates

Consider that we are interested in estimating the impact of German reunification on the growth rate of GDP per capita. Say we have annual per-capital GDP for West-Germany and an assortment of other countries.

ASSUMPTION: Each country i has an average growth rate that is identical through the period. EXCEPT WEST GERMANY. West Germany has one an average growth rate before 1990 and a different one afterwards.

y_it = exp{alpha_i t}

log(y_it) = alpha_i t

log(y_i(t+1)) - log(y_it) = alpha_i

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Get population and current GDP ($US).

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# growth_rates.R

# uses eBayes.R

x <- read.csv("gdp.csv", as.is = TRUE)

countries <- sort(unique(x$Country.Name))

countries <- countries[2:length(countries)]

years <- c(1960:2019)

Y <- matrix(NA,length(countries),length(years))

for (i in 1:length(countries)) {

country <- countries[i]

pop <- as.numeric(x[x$Series.Name=="Population, total" & x$Country.Name==country,5:dim(x)[2]])

gdp <- as.numeric(x[x$Series.Name=="GDP (current US$)" & x$Country.Name==country,5:dim(x)[2]])

Y[i,] <- gdp/pop

print(i)

}

colnames(Y) <- years

row.names(Y) <- countries

y <- log(Y[,2:dim(Y)[2]]) - log(Y[,1:(dim(Y)[2]-1)])

colnames(y) <- years[1:(length(years)-1)]

row.names(y) <- countries

y1 <- y[-which(row.names(y)=="Germany"),]

pre <- y[which(row.names(y)=="Germany"),1:30]

pre <- c(pre,rep(NA,59-length(pre)))

post <- y[which(row.names(y)=="Germany"),31:59]

post <- c(rep(NA,59-length(post)),post)

y1 <- rbind(y1,pre,post)

y1 <- y1[rowSums(is.na(y1))<59,]

alpha_hat <- rowMeans(y1, na.rm = TRUE)

hist(alpha_hat)

sd_y1 <- sd(y1, na.rm = TRUE)

b <- data.fun(t(y1),K=20)

a <- mixmod.fun(b$p_hat,b$N_hat,R=20000,eps=1e-10,maxiter=1000000,

noise=0.5*sd_y1,verb = TRUE)

means <- t(b$y_hat)%*%a$mu

mu <- a$posteriors%*%t(means)

J <- 10000

pre_dist <- post_dist <- NULL

for (i in 1:length(means)) {

pre_dist <- c(pre_dist, rep(means[i],round(J*a$posteriors[212,i])))

post_dist <- c(post_dist, rep(means[i],round(J*a$posteriors[213,i])))

print(i)

}

plot(density(pre_dist,bw=0.005),lwd=3,lty=2,main="",xlab="alpha")

lines(density(post_dist,bw=0.005),lwd=3)

legend("topright",c("before","after"),lwd=3,lty=2:1)