Implements the generalized synthetic control method based on interactive fixed effect models.
Yiqing Xu <yiqingxu@stanfprd.edu>, Stanford University
Implements the generalized synthetic control method. It imputes counterfactuals for each treated unit using control group information based on a linear interactive fixed effects model that incorporates unit-specific intercepts interacted with time-varying coefficients.
See gsynth for details.
Yiqing Xu. 2017. "Generalized Synthetic Control Method: Causal Inference with Interactive Fixed Effects Models." Political Analysis, Vol. 25, Iss. 1, January 2017, pp. 57-76.
For more details, see https://yiqingxu.org/packages/gsynth/.