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
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. TI 2023-004/III
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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synthetic difference-in-differences
dynamic treatment effects
interactive fixed effects
panel data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Schenk, Timo
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Tinbergen Institute
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Amsterdam and Rotterdam
- (wann)
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Schenk, Timo
- Tinbergen Institute
Entstanden
- 2023