Papers | MIT Economics

Doubly Robust Inference in Causal Latent Factor Models

Alberto Abadie with Anish Agarwal, Raaz Dwivedi, and Abhin Shah

October 2024

Econometrics

Synthetic Controls for Experimental Design

Alberto Abadie with J. Zhao

December 2023

Econometrics

Estimating the Value of Evidence-Based Decision Making

Alberto Abadie with A. Agarwal, G. Imbens, S. Jia, J. McQueen, and S. Stepaniants

September 2023

Econometrics

When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Alberto Abadie with S. Athey, G.W. Imbens, J.M. Wooldridge

February 2023

Econometrics

Instrumental Variable Estimation with First-Stage Heterogeneity

Alberto Abadie with J. Gu, S. Shen

June 2022

Econometrics

Synthetic Controls in Action

Alberto Abadie with J. Vives-i-Bastida

September 2021

Econometrics

Robust Post-Matching Inference

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 117(538), 983-995.

Alberto Abadie with J. Spiess

January 2022

Econometrics

A Penalized Synthetic Control Estimator for Disaggregated Data

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 116(536), 1817-1834.

Alberto Abadie with J. L'Hour

December 2021

Econometrics

Using Synthetic Controls: Feasibility, Data Requirements, and Methodological Aspects

Journal of Economic Literature, June 2021, 59(2), 391-425.

Alberto Abadie

June 2021

Econometrics

Statistical Nonsignificance in Empirical Economics

American Economic Review: Insights, 2(2), 193–208

Alberto Abadie

June 2020

Econometrics

Sampling-Based versus Design-Based Uncertainty in Regression Analysis

Econometrica, 88(1), 265-296.

Alberto Abadie with S. Athey, G.W. Imbens, J.M. Wooldridge

January 2020

Econometrics

Choosing Among Regularized Estimators in Empirical Economics: The Risk of Machine Learning

Review of Economics and Statistics,101(5), 743-762.

Alberto Abadie with M. Kasy

December 2019

Econometrics

Econometric Methods for Program Evaluation

Annual Review of Economics, 10, 465–503.

Alberto Abadie with M. Cattaneo

December 2018

Econometrics

Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments

Review of Economics and Statistics, 100(4), 567-580.

Alberto Abadie with M. Chingos, M. West

October 2018

Econometrics

Matching on the Estimated Propensity Score

Econometrica, 84(2), 781–807.

Alberto Abadie with G. Imbens

March 2016

Econometrics

Comparative Politics and the Synthetic Control Method

American Journal of Political Science, 59(2), 495–510.

Alberto Abadie with A. Diamond, J. Hainmueller

April 2015

Econometrics

Inference for Misspecified Models With Fixed Regressors

Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2014, 109(508), 1601-1614.

Alberto Abadie with G.W. Imbens, F. Zheng

December 2014

Econometrics

A Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 107(498), 833-843.

Alberto Abadie with G. Imbens

June 2012

Econometrics

Bias-Corrected Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 29(1), 1-11

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(490), 493-505

Alberto Abadie with A. Diamond, J. Hainmueller

June 2010

Econometrics

On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators

Econometrica, 76(6), 1537-1557

Alberto Abadie with G. Imbens

November 2008

Econometrics

Estimation of the Conditional Variance in Paired Experiments

Annals of Economics and Statistics/Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, 91 (special issue on "Econometric Evaluation of Public Policies: Methods and Applications"), 175-187

Alberto Abadie with G. Imbens

December 2010

Econometrics

Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago

Journal of Urban Economics, 64(2), 451-463.

Alberto Abadie with S. Dermisi

September 2008

Econometrics

Terrorism and the World Economy

European Economic Review, 52(1), 1-27.

Alberto Abadie with J. Gardeazabal

January 2008

Econometrics

The Impact of Presumed Consent Legislation on Cadaveric Organ Donation: A Cross-Country Study

Journal of Health Economics, 25(4), 599-620.

Alberto Abadie with S. Gay

July 2006

Econometrics

Poverty, Political Freedom, and the Roots of Terrorism

American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 96(2), 50-56.

Alberto Abadie

May 2006

Econometrics

Large Sample Properties of Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects

Econometrica, 74(1), 237-267.

Alberto Abadie with G. Imbens

May 2006

Econometrics

Semiparametric Difference-in-Differences Estimators

The Review of Economic Studies, 72(1), 1-19.

Alberto Abadie

January 2005

Econometrics

Semiparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation of Treatment Response Models

Journal of Econometrics,113(2), 231-263.

Alberto Abadie

April 2003

Econometrics

The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country

American Economic Review, 93(1), 113-132.

Alberto Abadie with J. Gardeazabal

March 2003

Econometrics

Bootstrap Tests for Distributional Treatment Effects in Instrumental Variable Models

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 97(457), 284-292.

Alberto Abadie

March 2002

Econometrics, Labor Economics

Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings

Econometrica, 70(1), 91-117

Alberto Abadie, Joshua Angrist, Guido Imbens

January 2002