DiD Toolbox for Matlab
(Dr. Ralf Elsas-Nicolle, 10/30/2025)Table of ContentsOverview Data Generation TWFE and Bacon Decomposition – Ignoring Staggered […]
Staggered Difference-in-Differences using Matlab
Table of Contents 1 Overview 2 General Simulation Parameters 3 Staggered but Constant Treatment 3.1 […]
Example RAG Matlab (with BM25, Vector Embeddings, and Reciprocal Rank Fusion)
by Ralf Elsas Overview A toy example for RAG in Matlab, using a LLM with […]
Machine Learning for Earnings Forecasts
(by Ralf Elsas, LMU Munich, Germany, 02/19/2024, updated on 03/01/2024 to correct for errors in […]
Using LLMs for Research Purposes – Anecdotal Insights
Introduction Large language models (LLM) like chatGPT or you.com are fascinating in their capabilities, in […]
Test German BERT Named Entity Recognition with Matlab (Updated)
This script illustrates how to use a German BERT model for named entity recognition in Matlab and compares the predictive performance of such a transformer model to the performance of the „addEntityDetails“function of Mathwork’s „Text Analytics“ toolbox.
Using OpenSearch with Matlab
by Ralf Elsas and Leo Schwarze (10/06/2022) Table of Contents 1. Introduction2. Step-by-Step Installation Guide […]
Which reference rate should be used for savings plans („Prämiensparverträge“)?
1 Motivation German (savings) banks used (and partially still use) to offer a specific type […]
Structural Break Test
Coypright: Ralf Elsas, 03/13/2022 Table of Contents 1 Motivation2 Simulation Parameters3 Simulation of returns4 […]