Synthetic Control and Inference

Ruoyao Shi () and Jinyong Hahn

No 201802, Working Papers from University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics

Abstract: We examine properties of permutation tests in the context of synthetic control. Permutation tests are frequently used methods of inference for synthetic control when the number of potential control units is small. We analyze the permutation tests from a repeated sampling perspective and show that the size of permutation tests may be distorted. Several alternative methods are discussed.

Keywords: synthetic control; permutation test; symmetry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 Pages
Date: 2016-10, Revised 2017-11
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