# Base year of constant US$MER GDP series in wdi data year_USMER <- 2015 regex_var_USMER <- paste("GDP \\(constant", year_USMER, "US\\$\\)") var_USMER <- paste("GDP (constant", year_USMER, "US$)") # Base year of constant Int$PPP GDP series in wb_wdi year_IntPPP <- 2017 regex_var_IntPPP <- paste("GDP, PPP \\(constant", year_IntPPP, "international \\$\\)") var_IntPPP <- paste("GDP, PPP (constant", year_IntPPP, "international $)") # The WDI is not always consistent. In January 2024 only PAN was causing problems. In April 2024 a couple of # additional countries are not consistent in every year. These countries are removed from the tests. bad_countries <- c("PAN", "SWE", "NOR", "JPN", "CZE", "FIN", "CAN") # Countries with the euro as currency euro_countries <- c("AUT", "BEL", "HRV", "EST", "FIN", "FRA", "DEU", "GRC", "IRL", "ITA", "LVA", "LTU", "LUX", "NLD", "PRT", "SVK", "SVN", "ESP")