Introduction to Synthetic Control Methods

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Background article: Abadie, A., Diamond, A., & Hainmueller, J. (2010). Synthetic control methods for comparative case studies: Estimating the effect of California’s tobacco control program. Journal of the American statistical Association, 105(490), 493-505.

• Abadie, A. (2021). Using synthetic controls: Feasibility, data requirements, and methodological aspects. Journal of Economic Literature, 59(2), 391-425.
• https://bookdown.org/mike/data_analysis/synthetic-control.html
• Code example: https://lost-stats.github.io/Model_Estimation/Research_Design/synthetic_control_method.html