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- Kreif, Noémi & Grieve, Richard & Hangartner, Dominik & Turner, Alex James & Nikolova, Silviya & Sutton, Matt, 2016. "Examination of the synthetic control method for evaluating health policies with multiple treated units," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 65074, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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