Package: gsynth
Type: Package
Title: Generalized Synthetic Control Method
Version: 1.3.1
Date: 2025-12-07
Authors@R: 
  c(person("Yiqing", "Xu", ,"yiqingxu@stanford.edu", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
  comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2041-6671")),
  person("Licheng", "Liu", ,"lichengl@umich.edu", role = c("aut")),
  person("Ziyi", "Liu", ,"zyliu2023@berkeley.edu", role = c("aut")),
  person("Shiyun", "Hu", ,"shiyun.hu1999@gmail.com", role = c("aut")))
Maintainer: Yiqing Xu <yiqingxu@stanford.edu>
Description: Conducts causal inference with interactive fixed-effect models. It imputes counterfactuals for each treated unit using control group information based on a linear interactive fixed effects model that incorporates unit-specific intercepts interacted with time-varying coefficients. This method generalizes the synthetic control method to the case of multiple treated units and variable treatment periods, and improves efficiency and interpretability. 
URL: https://yiqingxu.org/packages/gsynth/
NeedsCompilation: no
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Imports: ggplot2 (>= 2.1.0), fect (>= 2.0.0), panelView (>= 1.1.17)
Depends: R (>= 2.10)
RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
Packaged: 2025-12-07 05:07:39 UTC; yiqingxu
Author: Yiqing Xu [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-6671>),
  Licheng Liu [aut],
  Ziyi Liu [aut],
  Shiyun Hu [aut]
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2025-12-09 12:00:02 UTC
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