Copyrights and Creativity — expanded estimators

Giorcelli and Moser (2020), JPE. https://doi.org/10.1086/710534

4 specifications. Effects are in outcome standard deviations; intervals are 95%.

Treatment adoption

Treatment adoption timing

S08-P002: seeded sample of 8 of 8 eligible units. Purple untreated; yellow treated; white unobserved.

C95FF064-T6-C1-ALL-OPERAS-OLS

C95FF064-T6-C1-ALL-OPERAS-OLS · Main Table 6 OLS · Data & fit details

560 observations · 8 units · 8 clusters · 4 treated / 4 control units.

Controls: latest-adopting cohort; analysis ends before period 71.

Estimate comparison

S08-P001: point estimates, targets and available 95% intervals
Estimator Estimate (SDs) SE 95% CI Averaging
Static TWFE 1.103 0.621 [-0.366, 2.572] Coefficient
Dynamic TWFE 0.759 0.388 [-0.158, 1.677] Treated cells
BJS / did2s 0.967 0.423 [-0.032, 1.966] Treated cells
Sun–Abraham 1.073 0.338 [0.275, 1.872] Treated cells
CS-DID (equal event-time) 0.939 0.278 [0.394, 1.484] Equal post-event times
CS-DID (treated cells) 0.979 0.223 [0.541, 1.417] Treated cells
SDID 1.250 — — Treated cells
Matrix completion 0.975 — — Treated cells
Horizontal ridge 1.079 — — Treated cells
Multisynth (cohort-averaged) 0.985 0.719 [-0.186, 2.412] Treated cells
Multisynth (individual) 0.957 0.722 [-0.211, 2.386] Treated cells

Event studies

Periods −10 to +10; pointwise 95% intervals where available.

Dynamic TWFE event study BJS / did2s event study Sun–Abraham event study CS-DID event study SDID event study Matrix completion event study Horizontal ridge event study Multisynth (cohort-averaged) event study Multisynth (individual) event study

C95FF064-T6-C3-HISTORICALLY-POPULAR-OLS

C95FF064-T6-C3-HISTORICALLY-POPULAR-OLS · Main Table 6 OLS · Data & fit details

560 observations · 8 units · 8 clusters · 4 treated / 4 control units.

Controls: latest-adopting cohort; analysis ends before period 71.

Estimate comparison

S08-P002: point estimates, targets and available 95% intervals
Estimator Estimate (SDs) SE 95% CI Averaging
Static TWFE 0.507 0.319 [-0.246, 1.261] Coefficient
Dynamic TWFE -0.420 1.108 [-3.039, 2.199] Treated cells
BJS / did2s 0.561 0.350 [-0.268, 1.389] Treated cells
Sun–Abraham 0.320 0.309 [-0.412, 1.051] Treated cells
CS-DID (equal event-time) 0.309 0.508 [-0.687, 1.305] Equal post-event times
CS-DID (treated cells) 0.135 0.699 [-1.235, 1.505] Treated cells
Matrix completion 0.551 — — Treated cells
Horizontal ridge 0.830 — — Treated cells
Multisynth (cohort-averaged) 0.712 0.569 [-0.489, 1.865] Treated cells
Multisynth (individual) 0.722 0.567 [-0.479, 1.865] Treated cells

Event studies

Periods −10 to +10; pointwise 95% intervals where available.

Dynamic TWFE event study BJS / did2s event study Sun–Abraham event study CS-DID event study Matrix completion event study Horizontal ridge event study Multisynth (cohort-averaged) event study Multisynth (individual) event study

C95FF064-T6-C4-METROPOLITAN-OLS

C95FF064-T6-C4-METROPOLITAN-OLS · Main Table 6 OLS · Data & fit details

560 observations · 8 units · 8 clusters · 4 treated / 4 control units.

Controls: latest-adopting cohort; analysis ends before period 71.

Estimate comparison

S08-P003: point estimates, targets and available 95% intervals
Estimator Estimate (SDs) SE 95% CI Averaging
Static TWFE 0.822 0.346 [0.005, 1.639] Coefficient
Dynamic TWFE -0.115 0.975 [-2.420, 2.189] Treated cells
BJS / did2s 0.822 0.327 [0.047, 1.596] Treated cells
Sun–Abraham 0.611 0.270 [-0.028, 1.250] Treated cells
CS-DID (equal event-time) 0.507 0.472 [-0.417, 1.431] Equal post-event times
CS-DID (treated cells) 0.388 0.568 [-0.726, 1.501] Treated cells
Matrix completion 0.848 — — Treated cells
Horizontal ridge 1.127 — — Treated cells
Multisynth (cohort-averaged) 1.099 0.661 [-0.213, 2.372] Treated cells
Multisynth (individual) 1.110 0.662 [-0.203, 2.403] Treated cells

Event studies

Periods −10 to +10; pointwise 95% intervals where available.

Dynamic TWFE event study BJS / did2s event study Sun–Abraham event study CS-DID event study Matrix completion event study Horizontal ridge event study Multisynth (cohort-averaged) event study Multisynth (individual) event study

C95FF064-T6-C5-AMAZON-DURABLE-OLS

C95FF064-T6-C5-AMAZON-DURABLE-OLS · Main Table 6 OLS · Data & fit details

560 observations · 8 units · 8 clusters · 4 treated / 4 control units.

Controls: latest-adopting cohort; analysis ends before period 71.

Estimate comparison

S08-P004: point estimates, targets and available 95% intervals
Estimator Estimate (SDs) SE 95% CI Averaging
Static TWFE 0.684 0.365 [-0.178, 1.546] Coefficient
Dynamic TWFE -0.177 0.929 [-2.374, 2.020] Treated cells
BJS / did2s 0.705 0.289 [0.023, 1.388] Treated cells
Sun–Abraham 0.503 0.232 [-0.046, 1.051] Treated cells
CS-DID (equal event-time) 0.397 0.454 [-0.492, 1.286] Equal post-event times
CS-DID (treated cells) 0.245 0.554 [-0.840, 1.330] Treated cells
SDID 1.008 — — Treated cells
Matrix completion 0.702 — — Treated cells
Horizontal ridge 1.138 — — Treated cells
Multisynth (cohort-averaged) 0.993 0.610 [-0.137, 2.134] Treated cells

Event studies

Periods −10 to +10; pointwise 95% intervals where available.

Dynamic TWFE event study BJS / did2s event study Sun–Abraham event study CS-DID event study SDID event study Matrix completion event study Horizontal ridge event study Multisynth (cohort-averaged) event study