Synthetic Methods

Synthetic Control

• Synthetic Control: Why ?

• Synthetic Control: How ?

• Key Definitions

• Key Assumptions

• A Closer Look at the Methods

o   The Comparative Case Study

o   Synthetic Controls with Large Datasets

o   SG-DiD

• Paper Illustration

• Hands-on Session

📝 Main references: Abadie et al (2010), Abadie et al (2015), Abadie (2021), Cameron and Trivedi (2022), Cunnigham (2020), Zohrehvand et al (2023).

🖫 Datasets: texas from Cornwell and Cunningham (2016), repgermany from Abadie et al (2015), selfdriving_cars from Courthoud (2022).