spec.pred.func {Synth}R Documentation

Special Predictor Function for Dataprep

Description

This function is called by dataprep to handle special predictors in the process of setting up the dataset to be loaded into synth. It should not be called manually by the normal user.

Usage

spec.pred.func(list.object = NULL,
          tr.numb = treatment.identifier,
          co.numb = controls.identifier,
          unit.var = unit.variable,
          time.var = time.variable,
          foo.object = foo,
          X0.inner = X0,
          X1.inner = X1)

Arguments

list.object NA
tr.numb NA
co.numb NA
unit.var NA
time.var NA
foo.object NA
X0.inner NA
X1.inner NA

Details

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Value

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Note

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Author(s)

Alexis Diamond adiamond@fas.harvard.edu Jens Hainmueller jhainm@fas.harvard.edu

References

Abadie, A. and Gardeazabal, J. (2003) Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country American Economic Review 93 (1) 113–132 http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~.aabadie.academic.ksg/ecc.pdf

Abadie, A., Diamond, A., Hainmueller, J. (2007) Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program NBER Technical Working Paper no 335 http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~jhainm/

See Also

gaps.plot,synth.plot,dataprep,synth.tab

Examples

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[Package Synth version 0.1-6 Index]