From 3f8bffc7635091edc9b4f1bc820c88ec0474ad08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keith Kranker Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 01:05:45 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] fix two typos in docs --- README.md | 3 ++- cic.sthlp | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ab935b1..e2c1f86 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Athey and Imbens (2006) proposed a changes-in-changes (CIC) model which generali (Thus the standard DID model is nested in the CIC model as a special case.) The CIC model estimates the entire distribution of outcomes under the counterfactual, allowing one to calculate average treatment effects or estimate effects at specific quantiles. + This Stata command, `cic`, implements the CIC estimator from Athey and Imbens (2006). `cic` is written in Mata with an effort to maximize parallel computing; in tests (not shown), I found `cic` estimated the model more quickly that the Matlab code previously distributed by the Athey and Imbens. @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ The appendix is also quite helpful. The Stata help file (cic.sthlp) provides additional documentation and examples. -# Referemces +# References * Athey, Susan and Guido W. Imbens. "Identification and Inference in Nonlinear Difference-in-Differences Models." *Econometrica*, vol. 74, no. 2, March 2006, pp. 431-497. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00668.x) diff --git a/cic.sthlp b/cic.sthlp index c038c1f..29096b6 100644 --- a/cic.sthlp +++ b/cic.sthlp @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ Athey and Imbens (2006) proposed a changes-in-changes (CIC) model which generali (Thus the standard DID model is nested in the CIC model as a special case.) The CIC model estimates the entire distribution of outcomes under the counterfactual, allowing one to calculate average treatment effects or estimate effects at specific quantiles. + +{pstd} This Stata command, `cic`, implements the CIC estimator from Athey and Imbens (2006). `cic` is written in Mata with an effort to maximize parallel computing; in tests (not shown), I found `cic` estimated the model more quickly that the Matlab code previously distributed by the Athey and Imbens.