Synthetic control method
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Builds the counterfactual for a treated unit as a weighted average of untreated units.
LaTeX: \hat Y^{N}_{1t} = \sum_{j=2}^{J+1} w_j^{*}\, Y_{jt},\quad w_j^{*} \ge 0,\ \sum_j w_j^{*} = 1
Key findings#
- Synthetic control method was mentioned in 9 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #68 of the 104 equations and models mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (5), Finance (2), Management (1) and Accounting (1).
- Most of them appeared in Future Business Journal (1), Finance research letters (1) and Energy Policy (1).
- Often mentioned together with Difference-in-differences (5), Propensity score matching (3) and ARIMA (2).
- Datasets named in the same papers: MSCI indices (1), IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS) (1) and Marketization index (Fan Gang) (1).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, 62 archived papers mentioned Synthetic control method in their title, abstract or keywords, most of them in Feb 2025 (6).
Mentions over 36 months#
| Trend | Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 30 | 5 | 62 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Synthetic control method. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/equations/synthetic-control-method
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note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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