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Beyond linearity, stability, and equilibrium: The edm package for empirical dynamic modeling and convergent cross-mapping in Stata

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  • Jinjing Li

    (NATSEM, University of Canberra)

  • Michael J. Zyphur

    (Business & Economics, University of Melbourne)

  • George Sugihara

    (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD)

  • Patrick J. Laub

    (Business & Economics, University of Melbourne)

Abstract

How can social and health researchers study complex dynamic systems that function in nonlinear and even chaotic ways? Common methods, such as experiments and equation-based models, may be ill-suited to this task. To address the limitations of existing methods and offer nonparametric tools for characterizing and testing causality in nonlinear dynamic systems, we introduce the edm command in Stata. This command implements three key empirical dynamic modeling (EDM) methods for time series and panel data: 1) simplex projection, which characterizes the dimensionality of a system and the degree to which it appears to function deterministically; 2) S-maps, which quantify the degree of nonlinearity in a system; and 3) convergent cross-mapping, which offers a nonparametric approach to modeling causal effects. We illustrate these methods using simulated data on daily Chicago temperature and crime, showing an effect of temperature on crime but not the reverse. We conclude by discussing how EDM allows checking the assumptions of traditional model-based methods, such as residual autocorrelation tests, and we advocate for EDM because it does not assume linearity, stability, or equilibrium.

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  • Jinjing Li & Michael J. Zyphur & George Sugihara & Patrick J. Laub, 2021. "Beyond linearity, stability, and equilibrium: The edm package for empirical dynamic modeling and convergent cross-mapping in Stata," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 21(1), pages 220-258, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:tsj:stataj:y:19:y:2019:i:1:p:220-258
    DOI: 10.1177/1536867X211000030
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