Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μπεϋζιανή Μέθοδος Συνθετικού Ελέγχου	Μπεϋζιανή Διαφορές-σε-Διαφορές
Πεδίο	Αιτιακή Συμπερασματολογία	Αιτιακή Συμπερασματολογία
Οικογένεια	Regression model	Regression model
Έτος προέλευσης	2015 (Bayesian formulation); 2003 (original SCM by Abadie & Gardeazabal)	2015-2023
Δημιουργός	Brodersen, Gallusser, Koehler, Remy & Scott; building on Abadie, Diamond & Hainmueller	Li & Marchand (formal Bayesian DiD framework); Brodersen et al. (Bayesian causal inference in time series)
Τύπος	Bayesian causal inference / synthetic control	Bayesian causal inference / panel regression
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Brodersen, K. H., Gallusser, F., Koehler, J., Remy, N., & Scott, S. L. (2015). Inferring causal impact using Bayesian structural time-series models. Annals of Applied Statistics, 9(1), 247-274.	Li, F., & Marchand, J. (2023). Bayesian inference for difference-in-differences. Econometrics Journal, 26(3), 509-529.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Bayesian SCM, Bayesian synthetic controls, probabilistic synthetic control, Bayesian SC	Bayesian DiD, Bayes DiD, Bayesian diff-in-diff, Bayesian panel causal estimator
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	The Bayesian Synthetic Control Method estimates the causal effect of an intervention on a single treated unit by constructing a probabilistic counterfactual from a weighted combination of untreated donor units. Unlike the classical SCM, it places a prior distribution over the synthetic weights, yielding full posterior uncertainty intervals for the counterfactual trajectory and the treatment effect at each post-intervention time point.	Bayesian Difference-in-Differences applies Bayesian statistical inference to the classic DiD design, replacing frequentist point estimates with full posterior distributions over the treatment effect. This yields not only an estimate of the causal effect but also a coherent probability statement about its magnitude and uncertainty, making it especially useful when sample sizes are modest or informative prior knowledge is available.