Economics · Applied Econometrics

DiD in the Wild — A Policy Evaluation

Estimate the effect of a regional R&D tax credit four ways. Discover that two of them are biased, the third is the workhorse of policy evaluation, and the fourth is the methods revolution that re-wrote DiD between 2020 and 2025.

4 rounds Executive English, Español
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Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 4 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Estimation Method
  • Policy Effect Estimate (€M)
  • Run pre-trends test (event-study leads)
  • Cluster standard errors at region level (BDM 2004)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Dataset · Regional R&D Totals
  • Your Analytical Choices
  • Director Feedback
  • Parallel Trends · Treated vs Control (€M, 2015–2024)
  • Credibility Score by Round

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Applied Econometrics.

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