1 code implementation • 26 Jan 2023 • Nicholas Brown, Kyle Butts, Joakim Westerlund
The present paper proposes a new treatment effects estimator that is valid when the number of time periods is small, and the parallel trends condition holds conditional on covariates and unobserved heterogeneity in the form of interactive fixed effects.
1 code implementation • 19 Oct 2021 • Kyle Butts
I introduce intuitive assumptions needed to identify the average treatment effect among the affected units and illustrates pitfalls that occur when these assumptions fail.
no code implementations • 15 Sep 2021 • Kyle Butts
A recent econometric literature has critiqued the use of regression discontinuities where administrative borders serves as the 'cutoff'.
1 code implementation • 10 Sep 2021 • Kyle Butts, John Gardner
The article provides an approachable review of the underlying econometric theory and introduces the syntax for the function did2s.
1 code implementation • 8 May 2021 • Kyle Butts
Empirical work often uses treatment assigned following geographic boundaries.