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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15764 |
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| author | De Nicolò, Silvia Biondi, Beatrice Mazzocchi, Mario |
| author_facet | De Nicolò, Silvia Biondi, Beatrice Mazzocchi, Mario |
| contents | The paper studies identification in triple-difference designs when spillover effects contaminate one or more control groups. We show that, under conventional identifying assumptions, the triple-difference model fails to identify both the treatment effect and the spillover effect under such interference. To overcome this limitation, we propose an alternative specification, the double-triple-difference model, and explicitly formalize identifying assumptions and spillover structures required for consistent identification of both effects. We derive formal identification results and assess the performance of the proposed model through Monte Carlo simulations. An empirical application evaluating a Special Economic Zone in Italy is provided. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Three's a crowd: Identification challenges in the triple difference model with spillover effects De Nicolò, Silvia Biondi, Beatrice Mazzocchi, Mario Econometrics The paper studies identification in triple-difference designs when spillover effects contaminate one or more control groups. We show that, under conventional identifying assumptions, the triple-difference model fails to identify both the treatment effect and the spillover effect under such interference. To overcome this limitation, we propose an alternative specification, the double-triple-difference model, and explicitly formalize identifying assumptions and spillover structures required for consistent identification of both effects. We derive formal identification results and assess the performance of the proposed model through Monte Carlo simulations. An empirical application evaluating a Special Economic Zone in Italy is provided. |
| title | Three's a crowd: Identification challenges in the triple difference model with spillover effects |
| topic | Econometrics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15764 |