What Is a Difference-In-Difference Estimator? When Is It Appropriate to Use

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Essay

What is a difference-in-difference estimator? When is it appropriate to use one? How do you do so? Explain.

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Definitions:

New York Times v. United States

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1971 that made it possible for the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment.

Prior Publication

Prior Publication refers to work that has been previously published or made publicly available before the submission of a current work, often affecting the novelty or copyright eligibility of the latter.

Branzburg v. Hayes

A Supreme Court case that held reporters do not have a First Amendment privilege to refuse to provide evidence to grand juries.

Fighting Words

Phrases or expressions that by their utterance can inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of peace.