Visualization, Identification, and Estimation in the Linear Panel Event-Study Design

Simon Freyaldenhoven, Christian Hansen, Jorge Pérez Pérez and Jesse Shapiro

No 29170, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Linear panel models, and the “event-study plots” that often accompany them, are popular tools for learning about policy effects. We discuss the construction of event-study plots and suggest ways to make them more informative. We examine the economic content of different possible identifying assumptions. We explore the performance of the corresponding estimators in simulations, highlighting that a given estimator can perform well or poorly depending on the economic environment. An accompanying Stata package, xtevent, facilitates adoption of our suggestions.

JEL-codes: C23 C52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-08
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