Arbeitspapier

Time-Weighted Difference-in-Differences: Accounting for Common Factors in Short T Panels

This paper proposes a time-weighted difference-in-differences (TWDID) estimation approach that is robust against interactive fixed effects in short T panels. Time weighting substantially reduces both bias and variance compared to conventional DID estimation through balancing the pre-treatment and post-treatment unobserved common factors. To conduct valid inference on the average treatment effect, I develop a correction term that adjusts conventional standard errors for weight estimation uncertainty. Revisiting a study on the effect of a cap-and-trade program on NOx emissions, TWDID estimation reduces the standard errors of the estimated treatment effect by 10% compared to a conventional DID approach. In a second application I illustrate how to implement TWDID in settings with staggered adoption of the treatment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. TI 2023-004/III

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
synthetic difference-in-differences
dynamic treatment effects
interactive fixed effects
panel data

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Schenk, Timo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Tinbergen Institute
(wo)
Amsterdam and Rotterdam
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Schenk, Timo
  • Tinbergen Institute

Entstanden

  • 2023

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