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Synth : An R Package for Synthetic Control Methods in Comparative Case Studies

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The R package Synth implements synthetic control methods for comparative case studies designed to estimate the causal effects of policy interventions and other events of interest (Abadie and Gardeazabal 2003; Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller 2010). These techniques are particularly well-suited to investigate events occurring at an aggregate level (i.e., countries, cities, regions, etc.) and affecting a relatively small number of units. Benefits and features of the Synth package are illustrated using data from Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), which examined the economic impact of the terrorist conflict in the Basque Country.

Source: Journal of Statistical Software

DOI: 10.18637/jss.v042.i13

Authors: Alberto Abadie, Alexis Diamond, Jens Hainmueller

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: Econometric Methods to Study the Effects of Public Interventions and Terrorism

OpenAlex ID: W1912246770

FWCI: 8.701

Cites: 4

Cited by: 380

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