FF.binary.management {FinNet}

Create a binary firm-firm (FF) matrix for board interlocks

Description

Function to create a binary firm-firm (FF) matrix based on board interlocks

Usage

FF.binary.management(
  ...,
  id_as_firm_name = NULL,
  Matrix = NULL,
  self_ties = FALSE
)

Arguments

...

Either multiple objects of class firm or a list of such objects

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 any matrix in the pipeline contains more than 10,000 cells and the package is installed.

self_ties

Whether to allow self-ties (a 'loop' in graph theory). Defaults to FALSE.

Value

A matrix object of class financial_matrix(possibly using the Matrix package)

Author(s)

Telarico, Fabio Ashtar

See Also

FF FF.binary.ownership FF.naive.ownership FF.naive.management FF.norm.ownership FF.norm.management

Examples

# Create the binary FF matrix of Berkshire Hathaway's holdings by boards interlock
data('firms_BKB')
FF <- FF.binary.management(firms_BKB)