3 papers
econ.EM2026
A Relaxation Approach to Synthetic Control
Chengwang Liao, Zhentao Shi, Yapeng Zheng
The synthetic control method (SCM) is widely used for constructing the counterfactual of a treated unit based on data from control units in a donor pool. Allowing the donor pool co…
econ.EM2026
Bagging the Network
Ming Li, Zhentao Shi, Yapeng Zheng
We develop a unified estimation and inference framework for dyadic network formation with individual fixed effects, covering both transferable-utility (TU) and nontransferable-util…
stat.ME2026
Social Interactions Models with Latent Structures
Zhongjian Lin, Zhentao Shi, Yapeng Zheng
This paper studies estimation and inference of heterogeneous social interactions featuring group fixed effects and slope heterogeneity under latent structure. Theoretically, in a b…