To cite badcontrols in publications use:

  Caetano C, Callaway B, Payne S, Sant'Anna H (2026). _badcontrols:
  Difference-in-Differences with Bad Controls_. R package version
  1.0.0, <https://github.com/hugosantanna/badcontrols>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {{badcontrols}: Difference-in-Differences with Bad Controls},
    author = {Carolina Caetano and Brantly Callaway and Stroud Payne and Hugo Sant'Anna},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.0.0},
    url = {https://github.com/hugosantanna/badcontrols},
  }

  Caetano C, Callaway B, Payne S, Sant'Anna H (2026).
  “Difference-in-Differences with Bad Controls.” _arXiv preprint
  arXiv:2608.03881_. <https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03881>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {Difference-in-Differences with Bad Controls},
    author = {Carolina Caetano and Brantly Callaway and Stroud Payne and Hugo Sant'Anna},
    year = {2026},
    journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.03881},
    url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03881},
  }