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Working Papers

2025

1. A Causal Inference Framework for Data Rich Environments
   Papers, arXiv.org
2. Synthetic Controls for Experimental Design
   Papers, arXiv.org

2024

3. Doubly Robust Inference in Causal Latent Factor Models
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)

2023

4. Estimating the Value of Evidence-Based Decision Making
   Papers, arXiv.org

2022

5. Synthetic Controls in Action
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (4)
6. When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (604)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2017) View citations (788)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (775)
   See also Journal Article When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) View citations (242) (2023)

2019

7. Sampling-based vs. Design-based Uncertainty in Regression Analysis
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (6)
   Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2017) View citations (15)

2018

8. Statistical Non-Significance in Empirical Economics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article Statistical Nonsignificance in Empirical Economics, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (60) (2020)

2017

9. The risk of machine learning
   Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (9)

2014

10. Finite Population Causal Standard Errors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)

2013

11. Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2018) View citations (70) (2018)

2011

12. Robust Inference for Misspecified Models Conditional on Covariates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2009

13. A Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article A Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (32) (2012)
14. Matching on the Estimated Propensity Score
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Matching on the Estimated Propensity Score, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2016) View citations (255) (2016)

2008

15. Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (85)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Is terrorism eroding agglomeration economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the office real estate market in downtown Chicago, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (76) (2008)
16. On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (386)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (100)
    See also Journal Article On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2008) View citations (405) (2008)

2007

17. Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (49)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (59)

2004

18. Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations (44)
    See also Journal Article Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (232) (2006)
19. The Impact of Presumed Consent Legislation on Cadaveric Organ Donation: A Cross Country Study
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The impact of presumed consent legislation on cadaveric organ donation: A cross-country study, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (120) (2006)

2002

20. Simple and Bias-Corrected Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (293)

2001

21. The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case-Control Study for the Basque Country
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (14)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (30)

2000

22. Bootstrap Tests for the Effect of a Treatment on the Distribution of an Outcome Variable
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
23. Semiparametric Estimation of Instrumental Variable Models for Causal Effects
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1999

24. Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2002) View citations (456) (2002)

1998

25. Instrumental Variables Estimation of Quantile Treatment Effects
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

1995

26. Changes in Spanish Labor Income Structure During the 1980's: A Quantile Regression Approach
    Working Papers, CEMFI View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Y Financieros- (1995) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Changes in Spanish labor income structure during the 1980's: a quantile regression aproach, Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI (1997) View citations (28) (1997)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Instrumental variable estimation with first-stage heterogeneity
   Journal of Econometrics, 2024, 240, (2) View citations (5)

2023

2. When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138, (1), 1-35 View citations (242)
   See also Working Paper When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?, Papers (2022) View citations (604) (2022)

2022

3. Robust Post-Matching Inference
   Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2022, 117, (538), 983-995 View citations (14)

2021

4. A Penalized Synthetic Control Estimator for Disaggregated Data
   Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2021, 116, (536), 1817-1834 View citations (97)
5. Introduction to the Special Section on Synthetic Control Methods
   Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2021, 116, (536), 1713-1715 View citations (3)
6. Using Synthetic Controls: Feasibility, Data Requirements, and Methodological Aspects
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2021, 59, (2), 391-425 View citations (414)

2020

7. Sampling‐Based versus Design‐Based Uncertainty in Regression Analysis
   Econometrica, 2020, 88, (1), 265-296 View citations (110)
8. Statistical Nonsignificance in Empirical Economics
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2020, 2, (2), 193-208 View citations (60)
   See also Working Paper Statistical Non-Significance in Empirical Economics, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (23) (2018)

2019

9. Choosing Among Regularized Estimators in Empirical Economics: The Risk of Machine Learning
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (5), 743-762 View citations (32)

2018

10. Econometric Methods for Program Evaluation
    Annual Review of Economics, 2018, 10, (1), 465-503
11. Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (4), 567-580 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (20) (2013)

2016

12. Matching on the Estimated Propensity Score
    Econometrica, 2016, 84, 781-807 View citations (255)
    See also Working Paper Matching on the Estimated Propensity Score, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (29) (2009)

2015

13. Comparative Politics and the Synthetic Control Method
    American Journal of Political Science, 2015, 59, (2), 495-510 View citations (839)

2014

14. Inference for Misspecified Models With Fixed Regressors
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2014, 109, (508), 1601-1614 View citations (23)

2012

15. A Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2012, 107, (498), 833-843 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper A Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2011

16. Bias-Corrected Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2011, 29, (1), 1-11 View citations (564)
    Also in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2011, 29, (1), 1-11 (2011) View citations (591)
17. Synth: An R Package for Synthetic Control Methods in Comparative Case Studies
    Journal of Statistical Software, 2011, 042, (i13) View citations (151)

2010

18. Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California’s Tobacco Control Program
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2010, 105, (490), 493-505 View citations (2547)

2008

19. Estimation of the Conditional Variance in Paired Experiments
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2008, (91-92), 175-187 View citations (17)
20. Is terrorism eroding agglomeration economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the office real estate market in downtown Chicago
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (2), 451-463 View citations (76)
    See also Working Paper Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago, Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (85) (2008)
21. On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators
    Econometrica, 2008, 76, (6), 1537-1557 View citations (405)
    See also Working Paper On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators, Scholarly Articles (2008) View citations (386) (2008)
22. Terrorism and the world economy
    European Economic Review, 2008, 52, (1), 1-27 View citations (306)

2006

23. Large Sample Properties of Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects
    Econometrica, 2006, 74, (1), 235-267 View citations (1306)
24. Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 50-56 View citations (232)
    See also Working Paper Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (45) (2004)
25. The impact of presumed consent legislation on cadaveric organ donation: A cross-country study
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (4), 599-620 View citations (120)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Presumed Consent Legislation on Cadaveric Organ Donation: A Cross Country Study, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (15) (2004)

2005

26. Semiparametric Difference-in-Differences Estimators
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2005, 72, (1), 1-19 View citations (953)

2004

27. Implementing matching estimators for average treatment effects in Stata
    Stata Journal, 2004, 4, (3), 290-311 View citations (736)

2003

28. Semiparametric instrumental variable estimation of treatment response models
    Journal of Econometrics, 2003, 113, (2), 231-263 View citations (470)
29. The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (1), 113-132 View citations (2385)

2002

30. Bootstrap Tests for Distributional Treatment Effects in Instrumental Variable Models
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2002, 97, 284-292 View citations (410)
31. Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings
    Econometrica, 2002, 70, (1), 91-117 View citations (456)
    See also Working Paper Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings, Working papers (1999) View citations (5) (1999)

1997

32. Changes in Spanish labor income structure during the 1980's: a quantile regression aproach
    Investigaciones Economicas, 1997, 21, (2), 253-272 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Changes in Spanish Labor Income Structure During the 1980's: A Quantile Regression Approach, Working Papers (1995) View citations (2) (1995)

Software Items

2020

1. SYNTH: Stata module to implement Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2004

2. NNMATCH: Stata module to compute nearest-neighbor bias-corrected estimators
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (3)