An integrated and reproducible workflow for analysing the
competitiveness and risk of agricultural and horticultural exports. It
measures destination and product concentration (Herfindahl-Hirschman,
entropy and equivalent-number indices), revealed comparative advantage
(Balassa, 1965)
Agricultural export competitiveness and risk: an integrated, reproducible workflow for horticultural export risk and market diversification.
install.packages("agriTradeRisk") # once accepted on CRAN
| Function | Purpose |
|---|---|
export_concentration() |
HHI, entropy, equivalent markets, top-k share |
competitiveness_index() |
Balassa RCA, RSCA, world share, relative unit value |
cms_decomposition() |
Constant market share decomposition of export growth |
price_transmission() |
Engle-Granger cointegration and (asymmetric) ECM |
exchange_rate_exposure() |
Currency portfolio volatility, risk contributions, VaR |
market_entry_risk() |
Composite entry-risk and risk-adjusted attractiveness |
market_diversification() |
Mean-variance efficient destination mix |
Example data (hort_exports, trade_totals, fx_rates, grape_prices)
are simulated for Indian mango, grapes, pomegranate and processed products
and are not official statistics.