Publications

The cemmap working paper series publishes papers expanding the frontiers of knowledge in microdata methods and practice. Martin Weidner is the editor of the working paper series.

Perceived shocks and impulse responses

This paper develops a novel approach that leverages the information contained in expectations datasets to derive… Continue reading.

Raffaella Giacomini, Jason Lu, Katja Smetanina
November 2024

CWP21/24

A practical guide to shift-share instruments

A recent econometric literature shows two distinct paths for identification with shift-share instruments, leveraging either many… Continue reading.

Kirill Borusyak, Peter Hull, Xavier Jaravel
December 2024

CWP22/24

Treatment effects with targeting instruments

Multivalued treatments are commonplace in applications. We explore the use of discrete-valued instruments to control for… Continue reading.

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Bernard Salanie
December 2024

CWP23/24

Learning the effect of persuasion via difference-in-differences

The persuasion rate is a key parameter for measuring the causal effect of a directional message… Continue reading.

Sung Jae Jun, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
December 2024

CWP24/24

Individual welfare analysis: Random quasilinear utility, independence, and confidence bounds

We introduce a novel framework for individual-level welfare analysis. It builds on a parametric model for… Continue reading.

Junlong Feng, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
December 2024

CWP25/24

Inference for parameters identified by conditional moment restrictions using a generalized Bierens maximum statistic

Many economic panel and dynamic models, such as rational behavior and Euler equations, imply that the… Continue reading.

Xiaohong Chen, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Hwan Seo, Myunghyun Song
December 2024

CWP26/24

Policy choice in time series by empirical welfare maximization

This paper develops a novel method for policy choice in a dynamic setting where the available… Continue reading.

Toru Kitagawa, Weining Wang, Mengshan Xu
December 2024

CWP27/24

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Policy choice in time series by empirical welfare maximization
Toru Kitagawa, Weining Wang, Mengshan Xu
May 2022 | CWP12/22
Robust estimation and inference in panels with interactive fixed effects

We consider estimation and inference for a regression coefficient in panels with interactive fixed effects (i.e.,… Continue reading.

Timothy B. Armstrong, Martin Weidner, Andrei Zeleneev
December 2024

CWP28/24

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Robust estimation and inference in panels with interactive fixed effects
Timothy B. Armstrong, Martin Weidner, Andrei Zeleneev
July 2023 | CWP14/23
Inference after discretizing unobserved heterogeneity

We consider a linear panel data model with nonseparable two-way unobserved heterogeneity corresponding to a linear… Continue reading.

Jad Beyhum, Martin Mugnier
December 2024

CWP29/24