<p>There are many ressources available online</p>

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<li><a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~jhain/synthpage.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Synth</a> is a statistical software that implements synthetic control methods for causal inference in comparative case studies with aggregate data as described in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2010), and Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2013). The Synth package for R is also described in detail in <a href="https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v042i13" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2011)</a>.</li>
<li>A lecture on <a href="http://yiqingxu.org/teaching/17802/synth.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Synthetic Control Methods</a> from <a href="http://yiqingxu.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Yiqing Xu</a>.</li>
<li>A video lecture by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzL0DZfr_Y" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alberto Abadie</a> himself on  Synthetic Controls for Policy Evaluation!</li>
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<p>I need to study Synthetic Control Method for my term paper. So can anyone suggest some book/literature from where I can study Synthetic Control Method on my own?.</p>

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# Synthetic Control Method

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-08)

I need to study Synthetic Control Method for my term paper. So can anyone suggest some book/literature from where I can study Synthetic Control Method on my own?.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-08. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

There are many ressources available online

1. [Synth](https://web.stanford.edu/~jhain/synthpage.html) is a statistical software that implements synthetic control methods for causal inference in comparative case studies with aggregate data as described in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2010), and Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2013). The Synth package for R is also described in detail in [Abadie, Diamond, and Hainmueller (2011)](https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v042i13).
2. A lecture on [Synthetic Control Methods](http://yiqingxu.org/teaching/17802/synth.pdf) from [Yiqing Xu](http://yiqingxu.org/).
3. A video lecture by [Alberto Abadie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzL0DZfr_Y) himself on Synthetic Controls for Policy Evaluation!


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