Synthetic Control: Reproducing the Findings from a Real-World Study in Python

Overview

The notebook synthetic_control.ipynb aims to reproduce in Python the results of a research paper that investigates the causal impact of climate change policy introduced in the United Kingdom in 2001.

Medium Article

• An accompanying medium article with a detailed explanation of the notebook can be found here.

Research Paper

• Title: Unilateral climate policies can substantially reduce national carbon pollution
• Authors: Alice Lépissier, Matto Mildenberger
• Published in: Climatic Change, 2001
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03111-2