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gsynth (version 1.3.1)

gsynth-package: Generalized Synthetic Control Method

Description

Implements the generalized synthetic control method based on interactive fixed effect models.

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Author

Yiqing Xu <yiqingxu@stanfprd.edu>, Stanford University

Details

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.

References

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/.