When is a Match Sufficient? A Score-based Balance Metric for the Synthetic Control Method
In some applications, researchers using the synthetic control method (SCM) to evaluate the effect of a policy may struggle to determine whether they have identified a “good match” between the control group and treated group. In this paper, we demonstrate the utility of the mean and maximum Absolute...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Causal Inference |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2020-0013 |