[R] Using R for large econometric models

[Dietrich Trenkler]

Dear helpeRs,

a colleague of mine would like to give R a try.  He uses econometric
models which typically involve a large number of variables, esp. time
series.  Having no experience with handling very large data sets myself
I turn to you.

1. Could you please describe your experiences to cope with these
   situations?

2. What kind of difficulties will he have to face? Are there special
   tricks (packages) he might try?

3. Can you recommend to use R?


Sorry, if my question is a bit vague but at this point I'm not able to
give any further details.

Any help is very much appreciated.

D. Trenkler                     

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Dietrich Trenkler c/o Universitaet Osnabrueck 
Rolandstr. 8; D-49069 Osnabrueck, Germany    
email: Dietrich.Trenkler at Uni-Osnabrueck.de