get.matrix.twomode function

Function to create a firm-owner (FO) or firm-manager (FM) matrix

The possible values of ties are:

• binary or 1 for binary ties;
• weighted, valued, or 2 to weight the tie between company $i$ and the person $j$ as the value of $j$'s share of $i$'s capital;
• share or 3 (the default) to weight the tie between company $i$ and the person $j$ as the share of $i$'s capital owned by $j$.

get.matrix.twomode(..., who, ties = 3, id_as_firm_name = NULL, Matrix = NULL)

Arguments

• ...: Either multiple objects of class firm or a list of such objects
• who: Whether to extract the 'managers' or the 'owners' (minimum unambiguous string)
• ties: Type of ties to create. Defaults to 3; for other possible values, see details.
• 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 c("list("Matrix")", " package"). Defaults to TRUE when there are more than 10,000 combinations and the package is installed.

Returns

A matrix object of class financial_matrix (possibly using the c("list("Matrix")", " package")) in which:

• the rows: Represent firms;
• the columns: Represent managers/owners (physical and legal persons).

See Also

FM FO.binary FO.naive FO.norm

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