Search Results - subject:"Synthetic Control"

The Economic Consequences of the Brexit Vote

Born, Benjamin; Müller, Gernot; Schularick, Moritz; … - 2017

consequences of a sudden change in expectations regarding future economic prospects. Using synthetic control methods, we show that …

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The IMF and precautionary lending: An empirical evaluation of the selectivity and effectiveness of the flexible credit line

Essers, Dennis; Ide, Stefaan - 2017

estimation of the effects of the FCL employs the 'synthetic control' methodology, a novel counterfactual approach. We find …

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Impact evaluation of a cluster program: An application of synthetic control methods

Aboal, Diego; Crespi, Gustavo; Perera, Marcelo - 2017

of the country applying a synthetic control method. This method of identifying the counterfactual is especially useful in … comparative case studies where there are a limited number of control units. This is the first time that the synthetic control …

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Currency mismatch in the banking sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

Tobal, Martín - 2017

Existing literature uses data based on the residence principle to proxy for currency mismatch. This paper collects data on assets and liabilities broken by currency of denomination in the banking sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. I show that the information used in the literature cannot...

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The impact of CSR certification on firm profitability, wages and sales

Huber, Peter; Pavlíková, Eva Abramuszkinová; … - 2017

We use synthetic control group methods to analyse the causal impact of CSR certification on the economic performance of …

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Abolishing the wealth tax: A case study for Germany

Bachleitner, Alena - 2017

Germany in 1997 on the household saving rate. The use of the Synthetic Control Method allows using variables on aggregate …

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Structural reform waves and economic growth

Marrazzo, Pasquale Marco; Terzi, Alessio - 2017

and still highly controversial. We contribute to this literature by making a novel use of the non-parametric Synthetic … Control Method to estimate the impact of 23 wide-reaching structural reform packages (including both real and financial sector …

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The short-term response of the Hispanic noncitizen population to anti-illegal immigration legislation The case of Arizona SB 1070

Sánchez, Gonzalo E. - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 22 (2017) 42, pp. 25-36

noncitizen Hispanic state population. Design/methodology/approach – To get a consistent estimate of this effect, a synthetic … control method has been used to calculate a suitable counterfactual. Findings – Results indicate that this bill produced a …

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The Labor Market Effects of a Refugee Wave: Synthetic Control Method Meets the Mariel Boatlift

Peri, Giovanni; Yasenov, Vasil - 2017

We apply the Synthetic Control Method to re-examine the effects of the Mariel Boatlift, a large inflow of Cubans into …

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Free Trade Zone of Manaus : an impact evaluation using the synthetic control method

Possebom, Vítor Augusto - In: Revista brasileira de economia : RBE ; publicação de … 71 (2017) 2, pp. 217-231

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