Methods and tools for causal discovery and causal inference

AR Nogueira, A Pugnana, S Ruggieri… - … reviews: data mining …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Causality is a complex concept, which roots its developments across several fields, such as
statistics, economics, epidemiology, computer science, and philosophy. In recent years, the …

On doing relevant and rigorous experiments: Review and recommendations

S Lonati, BF Quiroga, C Zehnder, J Antonakis - Journal of Operations …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although experiments are the gold standard for establishing causality, several threats can
undermine the internal validity of experimental findings. In this article, we first discuss these …

Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation

TAP West, S Wunder, EO Sills, J Börner, SW Rifai… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Carbon offsets from voluntary avoided-deforestation projects are generated on the basis of
performance in relation to ex ante deforestation baselines. We examined the effects of 26 …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of mandatory COVID-19 certificates on vaccine uptake: synthetic-control modelling of six countries

MC Mills, T Rüttenauer - The Lancet Public Health, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Mandatory COVID-19 certification (showing vaccination, recent negative test, or
proof of recovery) has been introduced in some countries. We aimed to investigate the effect …

Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany

T Mitze, R Kosfeld, J Rode… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We use the synthetic control method to analyze the effect of face masks on the spread of
COVID-19 in Germany. Our identification approach exploits regional variation in the point in …

Carbon taxes and CO2 emissions: Sweden as a case study

JJ Andersson - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019 - aeaweb.org
This quasi-experimental study is the first to find a significant causal effect of carbon taxes on
emissions, empirically analyzing the implementation of a carbon tax and a value-added tax …

Conducting interrupted time-series analysis for single-and multiple-group comparisons

A Linden - The Stata Journal, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, I introduce the itsa command, which performs interrupted time-series analysis
for single-and multiple-group comparisons. In an interrupted time-series analysis, an …

Natural experiments: an overview of methods, approaches, and contributions to public health intervention research

P Craig, SV Katikireddi, A Leyland… - Annual review of public …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Population health interventions are essential to reduce health inequalities and tackle other
public health priorities, but they are not always amenable to experimental manipulation …

Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon

TAP West, J Börner, EO Sills… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has gained
international attention over the past decade, as manifested in both United Nations policy …

Standard synthetic control methods: The case of using all preintervention outcomes together with covariates

A Kaul, S Klößner, G Pfeifer… - Journal of Business & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
It is becoming increasingly popular in applications of standard synthetic control methods to
include the entire pretreatment path of the outcome variable as economic predictors. We …