Create Enhanced Policy Data — create_policy

Creates realistic policy stringency data based on COVID-19 response patterns for use in TE-DiD analysis. This function generates synthetic policy data that reflects real-world policy implementation timing and intensity.

Usage

create_policy_data(countries, start_date, end_date, policy_profiles = NULL)

Arguments

countries: Character vector of country codes
start_date: Character string for start date ("YYYY-MM-DD")
end_date: Character string for end date ("YYYY-MM-DD")
policy_profiles: Optional list of custom policy profiles per country

Value

data.frame with columns:

CountryCode: Country identifier
Date: Date of observation
StringencyIndex: Policy stringency index (0-100)

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
countries <- c("USA", "GBR", "DEU", "FRA")
policy_data <- create_policy_data(countries, "2019-01-01", "2021-12-31")
} # }