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Causal Imputation via Synthetic Interventions
Chandler Squires, Dennis Shen, Anish Agarwal +2
Consider the problem of determining the effect of a compound on a specific cell type. To answer this question, researchers traditionally need to run an experiment applying the drug…
On Model Identification and Out-of-Sample Prediction of Principal Component Regression: Applications to Synthetic Controls
Anish Agarwal, Devavrat Shah, Dennis Shen
We analyze principal component regression (PCR) in a high-dimensional error-in-variables setting with fixed design. Under suitable conditions, we show that PCR consistently identif…
Synthetic Interventions
Anish Agarwal, Devavrat Shah, Dennis Shen
The synthetic controls (SC) methodology is a prominent tool for policy evaluation in panel data applications. Researchers commonly justify the SC framework with a low-rank matrix f…
Two Burning Questions on COVID-19: Did shutting down the economy help? Can we (partially) reopen the economy without risking the second wave?
Anish Agarwal, Abdullah Alomar, Arnab Sarker +3
As we reach the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most pressing question facing us is: can we even partially reopen the economy without risking a second wave? We first need to und…