Kyle Butts

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  • {did2s}: Two-Stage Difference-in-Differences

    Kyle Butts John Gardner

    R Journal, 2023

    We present statistical software to implement imputation estimator for difference-in-differences.

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  • Government Contracting, Labor Intensity, and the Local Effects of Fiscal Consolidation:
    Evidence from the Budget Control Act of 2011

    Kyle Butts Timothy Komarek Gary Wagner

    Forthcoming, Journal of Urban Economics

    We estimate a government local fiscal multiplier from declines in procurement spending from the 2011 Budget Control Act.

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  • Difference-in-Differences with Geocoded Microdata

    Kyle Butts

    Journal of Urban Economics: Insights, 2022

    I propose a non-parametric estimator for 'Rings' style estimators where an inner ring is treated and and outer ring serves as the control group.

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  • Geographic Difference-in-Discontinuities

    Kyle Butts

    Applied Economics Letters, 2021

    I formalize Difference-in-Discontinuities identification in a spatial setting.

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  • Generalized Imputation Estimators for Factor Models

    Kyle Butts Nicholas Brown

    Work in Progress

    We propose an imputation-style estimator for a factor model allowing for selection into treatment based on non-parallel trends that is valid in short panels.

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  • Difference-in-Differences with Spatial Spillovers

    Kyle Butts

    Work in Progress

    I formalize identification arguments for settings where treatment effects spillover space.

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  • Urban Wage Premium: 1940-2010

    Kyle Butts Taylor Jaworski Carl Kitchens

    Work in Progress

    We estimate urban wage premiums from 1940 to present day.

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  • Causal Mechanisms in Difference-in-Differences Estimators

    Kyle Butts Brantly Callaway

    Work in Progress

    We present an econometric framework for decomposing treatment effect into potential mechanisms.

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