Applied Quantitative Impact Analysis: A Review of Contemporary Methods for Evaluating Programs Serving Businesses
Articles and reports: 11-633-X2026003Description: This article presents a methodological framework for evaluating the economic impacts of public programs, applied to agencies like Crown corporations (e.g., Business Development Bank of Canada [BDC], Farm Credit Canada and Export Development Canada). Using difference-in-differences, event studies and survival analysis, it estimates quasi-causal effects on outcomes such as sales, employment and business longevity.
no: 63Issue Number: 2026003Frequency: OccasionalAuthor(s): Drabo, Manassé; Kuate, Landry; Willox, MichaelMain Product:Analytical Studies: Methods and References