tsqr: Sequential Threshold-Spatial-Quantile Panel Estimation

Implements a sequential panel estimation protocol for regional economic panels that combines three estimation layers in a fixed order. The first layer applies a two-way fixed effects baseline. The second layer applies the panel threshold regression method of Hansen (1999) <doi:10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00025-1> to identify structural breaks at an unknown threshold of a moderating variable, with bootstrap inference following Hansen (2000) <doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00124>. The third layer applies a spatial Durbin model with an impact decomposition following LeSage and Pace (2009, ISBN:978-1-4200-6424-7) to quantify direct and indirect spillover effects. The fourth layer applies the two-step panel quantile estimator of Canay (2011) <doi:10.1111/j.1368-423X.2011.00349.x> to document distributional heterogeneity in the outcome. The threshold identified in the second layer defines a subsample used as structured input to the fourth layer, and a consistency check evaluates whether the three sets of results are jointly compatible with a common underlying structural relationship. An illustrative panel of 33 districts of the state of Maharashtra, India, observed over 10 agricultural years, is included with the package.

Version: 0.1.2
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: plm (≥ 2.6-0), spdep (≥ 1.2-0), spatialreg (≥ 1.2-0), quantreg (≥ 5.90), ggplot2 (≥ 3.4.0), stats, utils
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-06-22
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.tsqr (may not be active yet)
Author: Prakash Vhankade ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Prakash Vhankade <prakash.vhankade at gipe.ac.in>
License: GPL-3
NeedsCompilation: no
CRAN checks: tsqr results

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Reference manual: tsqr.html , tsqr.pdf

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Package source: tsqr_0.1.2.tar.gz
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