@asjadnaqvi
Here you will find posts on economics ↔ climate change, data analytics + Stata stuff. He/him. Economist @wifo.bsky.social, Wien, AT. Sometimes other affiliations as well. EN/DE/UR. More links: https://github.com/asjadnaqvi
🚀 #Stata #graphfunctions is now bumped to v1.7 🚀
It now has a new "labrepel" function for force-directed label repulsion in dense plots. + Other updates.
More info:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon on SSC!
Thanks @troach.bsky.social for mentioning the package!
@dynarski.bsky.social if you use Stata and need support with the package, just let me know.
#Stata #treemap v1.7 is now up on #Github:
Major changes
- method(): slice or dice or squarify or mix
- orient(): change box placements when drawing
- ratio(): custom box ratios (default = Golden Ratio)
+ others options
Check it out:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon on #SSC
New post:
The Nixon Shock and the Herstatt Risk
medium.com/macrocritica...
Or how the Basel Accords are linked to Bretton Woods.
#MacroCritical #Medium #History #Finance
💡For those teaching stats, data literacy, methods--I just wrote a short Medium piece for @asjadnaqvi.bsky.social's
amazing Stata Gallery. The piece covers how and why graphs with two y-axes can be so deceiving. Includes an applied example (with code). Hope it's useful! 😁 Link 👇
New #Stata Guide on #Medium post:
"Stata graphs: Define your own color schemes II"
medium.com/the-stata-gu...
Here we cover three ways you finetune your colors:
⭐ Direct use of HEX codes
⭐ Direct use of RGB codes
⭐ Programming your own palette
@statacorp.bsky.social #dataviz
New post:
"The Financial Sector: A Comprehensive Introduction"
medium.com/macrocritica...
#MacroCritical #Medium #SNA #Finance
New paper out in #Nature @commssustain.nature.com with Rosie Hayward (ASCII) and Peter Klimek (Complexity Science Hub) titled:
"United States and European Union aid cuts risk exacerbating links between aid, trade, and human and environmental crises"
👇
The following #Stata packages have been updated on #SSC:
👉 alluvial v1.51
👉 geoboundary v1.22
👉 graphfunctions v1.6
👉 treemap v1.62
The figure below shows which packages got the most attention in 2025 in terms of new releases on GitHub (github.com/asjadnaqvi).
Wie #teuer ist das Backen von #Weihnachtskeksen in #Österreich geworden?
Ein Thema, über das wir jedes Jahr reden, aber jetzt können wir in diesem Dashboard die Inflation für alle Zutaten unserer Lieblingsrezepte sehen:
derstandard.at/story/300000...
Meine erste Kooperation mit #DerStandard!
This version was showcased at the Stata Switzerland Conference in Bern on 21st Nov 2025.
This package is targeted towards advanced users who have programming knowledge.
This package will be enhanced further to provide fully customizable blocks for generating visualization packages.
@statacorp.bsky.social package #graphfunctions has been bumped to v1.6 and provides a modular grammar-of-graphics toolkit for data visualizations.
⭐shapes: generate, transform, round edges
⭐arcs
⭐radscatter
⭐labsplit
⭐catspline
More info:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon on SSC!
New #MacroCritical article on the events that led to the COPs.
We start in 1972 where have the Limits to Growth, Our One Earth reports and the Stockholm conference.
We then trace the developments and events leading up to the creation of the UNFCCC and the COPs:
medium.com/macrocritica...
#Stata #geoboundary has been bumped to v1.22 to include #WorldBank 's latest official boundary data that now provides upto ADM2 level shapefiles.
Installations+code+more info on GitHub:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon SSC!
That's a cool database! I will add it.
🚀 #Stata package geoboundary has been bumped to v1.21.
With the #30daymapchallenge coming up, download layers for any country or the world composite with a simple command!
See more info and examples:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Up soon on SSC!
The 11th #MacroCritical blog on @Medium is now up and talks about a rarely-taught concept:
"Real Effective Exchange Rate" or #REER
medium.com/macrocritica...
#WorldBank and #BIS interactive visualizations on REERs also included.
10th #Macrocritical blog on #Medium is now up:
"Climate Change and the System of National Accounts"
A fairly long post on how to think about CC in relation to the SNA in concrete stages.
Long 🧵 on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
medium.com/macrocritica...
9th #MacroCritical post on #Medium:
External Debt: A Lifeline or a Liability?
medium.com/macrocritica...
Next #Stata presentation will be at the University of #Bern for the Stata #Switzerland conference on 21st November 2025 🙂
This will be the 7th major presentation on developing Stata tools.
Previous presentations, keynotes here:
github.com/asjadnaqvi/T...
@statacorp.bsky.social
Link to article on Medium:
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
CC'ing some fellow @statacorp.bsky.social users (that I know of): @lilymasonphd.bsky.social @juliewronski.bsky.social @cbwlezien.bsky.social @profsamperry.bsky.social @nathankalmoe.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social @asjadnaqvi.bsky.social
#WIFOMonatsberichte: 2023 dämpfte neben Klimaschutzmaßnahmen & milder Witterung die Rezession Energieverbrauch & Treibhausgasemissionen. 2024 setzte sich diese Entwicklung fort, allerdings verlangsamte sich der Emissionsrückgang. @asjadnaqvi.bsky.social @franzsinabell.bsky.social buff.ly/P8oF7uw
A reminder!
Free #webinar on 26th September (Friday), 10-11 am CET.
Just one hour of awesome #StataTips. Sign up!!!
dpc-software.de/webinar-tips...
The seventh #MacroCritical blog on #Medium is now up:
"Balance of Payments"
medium.com/macrocritica...
Long thread on #LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The sixth #MacroCritical post is now up on #Medium:
Supply-Use Tables: The foundation of national accounts
medium.com/macrocritica...
Learn the basics of #SUTs, and derive #IOTs using different formulas. We also take a look at actual data.
The fifth #MacroCritical article is now up:
medium.com/macrocritica...
Long 🧵 on:
#LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The following two #Stata packages have been updated on #SSC:
⭐ #sunburst (v1.9): github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
⭐ #sankey (v1.9): github.com/asjadnaqvi/s...
Check out the GitHub pages for the change logs, new features, and example figures.
#StataViz
The fourth #MacroCritical article is now up:
"Prices: A measurement of value across space and time"
medium.com/macrocritica...
Long 🧵 on #LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
and #X:
x.com/AsjadNaqvi/s...
#Medium #SNA
The third #MacroCritical article:
"The Net Worth of Nations"
medium.com/macrocritica...
with long thread on #LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#Medium #SNA
The second #MacroCritical article:
"System of National Accounts: One framework to rule them all"
medium.com/macrocritica...
with long thread on #LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#Medium #SNA
