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<p>This artificial panel data set is used to demonstrate the use of the 
  Synthetic Control Method.</p>

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Implements the synthetic control group method for comparative case studies as described in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003) and Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2010, 2011, 2014). The synthetic control method allows for effect estimation in settings where a single unit (a state, country, firm, etc.) is exposed to an event or intervention. It provides a data-driven procedure to construct synthetic control units based on a weighted combination of comparison units that approximates the characteristics of the unit that is exposed to the intervention. A combination of comparison units often provides a better comparison for the unit exposed to the intervention than any comparison unit alone.

Jens Hainmueller

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Synthetic Control Group Method for Comparative Case Studies

synth.data function

<p>A dataframe made up of 8 units: 1 treated (no 7) and 7 control (no. 2,7,13,17,29,32,36,38)
 , 3 predictors (X1, X2, X3),  21 time periods (1980 - 2000), a unit.names.variable column ("names") and an outcome variable column (Y). All columns have column names.</p>

synth.data: Panel Data to demonstrate the use of the Synthetic Control Method

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