Assistant Professor Hanno Hilbig publishes new method for estimating controlled direct effects in panel data in JRSS-A

Assistant Professor Hanno Hilbig has published "Estimating Controlled Direct Effects with Panel Data" in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A with Matthew Blackwell, Adam Glynn, and Connor Phillips. The paper develops a new semiparametrically efficient estimator for controlled direct effects that relaxes strong identification assumptions by leveraging panel data and a parallel trends design. Applied to perspective-taking interventions, the approach finds controlled direct effects on policy views only under specific emotional conditions, challenging conclusions from traditional methods. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf042