Placebo: Pre‐Trend Leads
Coefficients at t = –3 and t = –2 (ref = t – 1)
Horizon
Estimate (β̂)
Std. Error
p-value
Lead t–3
161.47
130.67
0.222
Lead t–2
73.55
60.48
0.230
‡ Standard errors clustered by firm.