BGSHADE: Stata module to add background shading to twoway plots using either dummy variable(s) denoting shaded areas and/or precoded NBER recessions

Eric Haavind-Berman () and Aaron Markiewitz
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Eric Haavind-Berman: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Aaron Markiewitz: University of Michigan

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: bgshade plots varlist as a twoway plot which includes either NBER recession shading whose dates come from https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USREC and/or the dummy variable(s) specified in shaders() as added lines. Returns the full twoway command, the list of x/ylines by shader, and the unit lwidth for the added lines.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8 (version 15 for full functionality)
Keywords: graphics; shading; NBER recession dating (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-07-16
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install bgshade". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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