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Proposition 99, a large-scale tobacco control program implemented in California in 1988, was found to reduce tobacco consumption in California relative to a comparable synthetic control region.
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The synthetic control methods proposed in these articles produced informative inference regardless of the number of available comparison units, the number of available time periods, and whether the data were individual or aggregate.
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The article also provides a comparison of the effects of Proposition 99 against the effects of other large-scale tobacco control programs in the United States.
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Summary
This article investigates the application of synthetic control methods to comparative case studies, estimating the effects of Proposition 99, a large-scale tobacco control program that California implemented in 1988. The article discusses the advantages of these methods and applies them to study the effects of Proposition 99, a large-scale tobacco control program that California implemented in 1988. The methods proposed in this article produce informative inference regardless of the number of available comparison units, the number of available time periods, and whether the data are individual or aggregate.
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Summary
This article investigates the application of synthetic control methods to comparative case studies, demonstrating that Proposition 99, a large-scale tobacco control program that California implemented in 1988, reduced tobacco consumption in California relative to a comparable synthetic control region. The article discusses the advantages of these methods and applies them to study the effects of Proposition 99, a large-scale tobacco control program that California implemented in 1988. The article also provides a comparison of the effects of Proposition 99 against the effects of other large-scale tobacco control programs in the United States.
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Abadie , A., Diamond, A. and Hainmueller, J. ( 2010 ) Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies Estimating the Effect of California ’s Tobacco Control Program. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 105,…
Abadie, A., Diamond, A. and Hainmueller, J. (2010) Synthetic Control ...
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Alberto Abadie with G. Imbens January 2011 Econometrics Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California 's Tobacco Control Program Journal of the American Statistical Association 105…
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