Data used in Robert Barro, "r Minus g", Review of Economic Dynamics


Data_on_rates_of_return_and_growth_rates.xlsx is for Table 1

Variables are

RSTOCK realized real rate of return on broad stock-market index (including dividends)
RTB realized real rate of return on short-term bills, akin to Treasury Bills
RB10Y realized real rate of return on government bonds, typically with maturity around 10 years
RBCONSOL UK consol bonds
RBCORP US AAA corporate bonds
DYPC growth rate of real GDP per capita
DPOP population growth rate
CPI retail price index

Countries are
US United States
UK United Kingdom
ASL Australia
CA Canada
DE Denmark
FR France
GE Germany
JA Japan
NE Netherlands
SW Sweden
SZ Switzerland

Disaster_sizes.xlsx contains updated disaster data from  Barro and Ursúa (2008) “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870.” Brookings
Papers on Economic Activity, Spring, 255-350.