Platform · applied economics

Aegis

106 layers, one platform

Applied economics analysis platform. Integrates trade, macro, labor, development, and agricultural economics into a single AI-augmented framework with real data from 13 public sources. 1,268 modules across 106 analytical layers, 12 econometric estimators, and an AI brain with 24 tools.

1,268
Modules
106
Layers
13
Data Sources
12
Estimators

What problem this solves

Proprietary lock-in

Bloomberg, Refinitiv, EViews dominate applied economic analysis. Methodologies are opaque, licensing costs exclude researchers in developing countries, and reproducibility is impossible. Aegis is open, transparent, and free.

Narrow tooling

Open-source alternatives like statsmodels or individual R packages cover single methods well but offer no integrated framework spanning trade, macro, labor, development, and agriculture. 106 layers, one coherent platform.

Fragmented sources

Economists spend more time wrangling data from incompatible APIs (FRED, World Bank, ILO, FAOSTAT, Comtrade) than analyzing it. Aegis ships with 12 collectors and a unified schema, real data, no mocks.

106 analytical layers (18 core shown)

Each layer is independently useful. Together they produce a composite economic analysis with Shapley attribution across domains.

Layer 1

Trade

Gravity models, RCA, PPML, CBAM simulation, terms of trade, trade costs, product space.

40 modules
Layer 2

Macro

GDP decomposition, Phillips curve, Taylor rule, yield curve, VAR/BVAR, FCI, fiscal sustainability.

32 modules
Layer 3

Labor

Mincer wages, Oaxaca-Blinder, Beveridge curve, Bartik shift-share IV, LFP, skill premium.

30 modules
Layer 4

Development

Convergence, poverty traps, Solow residual, institutions, HDI, aid effectiveness, structural transformation.

30 modules
Layer 5

Agricultural

AIDS demand system, food security indices, GARCH commodity prices, climate-yield, supply elasticities.

30 modules
Layer 6

Integration

Composite scoring, Shapley attribution, crisis comparison, cross-domain correlations, scenario simulation.

10 modules
Layer 7

Financial

Banking sector, credit dynamics, financial stability, Basel metrics, systemic risk.

18 modules
Layer 8

Health

Health system efficiency, disease burden, expenditure analysis, pharmaceutical pricing, insurance markets.

15 modules
Layer 9

Environmental

Carbon pricing, green transition costs, pollution-growth, natural capital, ecosystem valuation, climate policy.

16 modules
Layer 10

Public

Public finance, tax incidence, social protection, public investment multipliers, fiscal federalism.

15 modules
Layer 11

Spatial

Regional convergence, urban-rural, agglomeration, geographic concentration, location choice.

19 modules
Layer 12

Political

Political economy of reform, rent-seeking, regulatory capture, electoral cycles, governance.

19 modules
Layer 13

Behavioral

Bias measurement, nudge effectiveness, prospect theory, household decisions, experimental methods.

20 modules
Layer 14

Industrial

Market structure, concentration, markup estimation, entry barriers, supply chain resilience, IP evaluation.

20 modules
Layer 15

Monetary

Transmission mechanisms, ER pass-through, inflation dynamics, central bank credibility, currency crisis EWS.

20 modules
Layer 16

Energy

Demand elasticities, fossil fuel subsidies, renewable transition, energy security, price spillovers.

15 modules
Layer 17

Demographic

Population economics, demographic dividend, aging and fiscal sustainability, migration, human capital.

10 modules
Layer 18

Methods

Cross-cutting econometric tools, simulation engines, bootstrap inference, sensitivity analysis, replication.

22 modules

Real data, no mocks

Every metric is backed by a public, verifiable source. Twelve collectors pull from official statistical agencies and international organizations.

FREDMacro series
World Bank WDIDevelopment indicators
ILOLabor statistics
FAOSTATAgricultural data
BLSUS labor / prices
IMF WEOWorld outlook
Penn World TableCross-country GDP
UN ComtradeBilateral trade
USDA / ERSAgricultural economics
NOAAClimate data
V-DemInstitutional quality
PovcalNetPoverty estimates
BACIBilateral trade flows

Twelve econometric methods

Ported from the Delphi toolkit. Each estimator produces publication-ready tables, diagnostic tests, and coefficient plots.

OLSOrdinary Least Squares
IV / 2SLSInstrumental Variables
Panel FEFixed Effects
DiDDifference-in-Differences
RDDRegression Discontinuity
Double MLDebiased Machine Learning
Causal ForestHeterogeneous Treatment
Synthetic DiDSynthetic Control + DiD
Staggered DiDCallaway-Sant'Anna
Shift-ShareBartik IV
BoundsPartial Identification
Rand. InferenceRandomization Inference

Built with

Python FastAPI Next.js 16 React 19 SQLite NumPy / SciPy statsmodels scikit-learn Plotly 6 Tailwind 4 Claude AI Apache 2.0

Domain experience, not just code

Aegis's analytical layers map directly to professional and academic experience. Trade economics comes from a PhD in Economics at the University of Tennessee, with published research on gravity models, freight rates, and trade policy (5 journal publications). Macro-financial analysis is informed by five years at Bangladesh Bank, where I worked on monetary policy implementation, Basel III compliance, and early-warning systems. Labor and development economics draw from postdoctoral research and coursework in development microeconomics, labor markets, and institutional analysis. Agricultural economics is the core of my doctoral training, covering demand estimation, food security, and climate-yield modeling.

Aegis exists because applied economics research should be reproducible, transparent, and accessible. Every module uses real data from public sources. Every estimator is tested. The platform is what I wished existed when I started my PhD.