gsynth

## Generalized Synthetic Control Method

Authors: Yiqing Xu [yiqingxu@ucsd.edu]; Licheng Liu [liulch.16@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn]

How to Uses: Examples

Reference: Yiqing Xu. 2017. “Generalized Synthetic Control Method: Causal Inference with Interactive Fixed Effects Models.” Political Analysis, Vol. 25, Iss. 1, January 2017, pp. 57-76. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pan.2016.2

Note on installation failure:

Rcpp, RcppArmadillo and MacOS “-lgfortran” and “-lquadmath” error, see: http://thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/rcpp-rcpparmadillo-and-os-x-mavericks-lgfortran-and-lquadmath-error/

Installation failure related to OpenMP on MacOS, see: http://thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/openmp-in-r-on-os-x/

To fix these problems, consider installing: gfortran 6.1 from https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries#MacOS clang4 R Binaries from https://github.com/coatless/r-macos-clang