Course Materials
Important readings
Optional readings
# Module 6
DID 2: Synth & GLM 5: Count Models
Before the Class
- Abadie, Alberto, Alexis Diamond, and Jens Hainmueller. "Comparative politics and the synthetic control method." American Political Science Review 59, no. 2 (2015): 495-510.
- Peter Martin. ``Count Data.'' in Regression Models for Categorical and Count Data.
- Regression with Count Data: Poisson and Negative Binomial
After the Class
- Abadie, Alberto. "Using synthetic controls: Feasibility, data requirements, and methodological aspects." Journal of Economic Literature 59, no. 2 (2021): 391-425.
- Abadie, Alberto, Alexis Diamond, and Jens Hainmueller. "Synthetic control methods for comparative case studies: Estimating the effect of California’s tobacco control program." Journal of the American Statistical Association 105, no. 490 (2010): 493-505.
- Xu, Yiqing. "Generalized synthetic control method: Causal inference with interactive fixed effects models." Political Analysis 25, no. 1 (2017): 57-76.