# gravity.distances

> R package that provides distances between geographic entities — such as countries, US states or Canadian provinces — that are consistent with the gravity equation in international economics.

- URL: https://julianhinz.com/data-code/gravity.distances/
- Type: Software
- Authors: Julian Hinz
- Date: 2018-08-01
- Topics: gravity models, research tools

The [R package gravity.distances](http://github.com/julianhinz/gravity.distances) provides distances between geographic entities — such as countries, US states or Canadian provinces — that are consistent with the gravity equation in international economics.

To install the package in R, simply run the following commands:
```R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("julianhinz/gravity.distances")
```

For more details and usage examples check out the respective GitHub repositories:

* R package: [gravity.distances](http://github.com/julianhinz/gravity.distances)
* Dataset repository: [gravity.distances_data](http://github.com/julianhinz/gravity.distances_data)

## Cite (BibTeX)

```bibtex
@misc{gravity_distances_2018,
  title = {gravity.distances},
  author = {Julian Hinz},
  year = {2018},
  note = {R package},
  url = {https://github.com/julianhinz/gravity.distances}
}
```