Reduce the size of vdots inside a table

Question

Consider the following table

\documentclass[12pt, bibliography=totocnumbered, listof=totoc]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                              
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}


\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h] 
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\renewcommand*\TPTnoteLabel[1]{\parbox[b]{19pt}{\hfill#1}}
  \caption{DiD-Matching Schätzer} 
  \label{tab:DiD} 
\begin{tabular}{ccccc} 
\toprule
 & Wertschöpfung & Beschäftigung & Gewinnspanne & Exporte \\ 
\toprule
\multicolumn{5}{l}{\textit{Jahresvergleiche: Vorbehandlungsperiode}} \\
\midrule
$t$ \\
2013 & $\hat{\tau}_{1,13}$ &  $\hat{\tau}_{2,13}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{3,13}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{4,13}$\\  
2014 & \vdots &  \vdots & \vdots  & \vdots  \\  
2015 &  & \\
2016 &  & \\
2017 & $\hat{\tau}_{1,17}$ &  $\hat{\tau}_{2,17}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{3,17}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{4,17}$\\ 
\noalign{\vskip 2mm}
\multicolumn{5}{l}{\textit{Vergleich: Aggregierte Vorbehandlungsperiode}} \\
\midrule
Phase III & $\hat{\tau}_{1,III}$ &  $\hat{\tau}_{2,III}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{3,III}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{4,III}$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular} 
\begin{tablenotes}
  \footnotesize
\item Aggregierte Vorbehandlungsperiode: $2003-2004$, Phase III: $2013-2017$.
    \end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table} 
\end{document}

I am trying to reduce the size of \vdots so there should be additional distance between the table rows due to the size of \vdots

Is this what you want to achieve? https://i.stack.imgur.com/5zlAL.png Apart from that, could you plase add a sketch of the desired output. At first glance 'reduce the size' and 'there should be an additional distance' seem to contradict each other. — leandriis, Jan 26 '19 at 09:53
That is exactly what I want. Do you want to add a comment,so that I can accept your answer — Leo96, Jan 26 '19 at 09:55
@4Leo96: You can define your own \vdots like command as shown here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/112212/134144 However, I would prefer [CarLaTeX's variant using `\multirow](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/471932/134144) — leandriis, Jan 26 '19 at 10:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '19 at 09:58

I don't know if I correctly understand you needs, but why don't use \multirow?

\documentclass[12pt, bibliography=totocnumbered, listof=totoc]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                              
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}


\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h] 
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\renewcommand*\TPTnoteLabel[1]{\parbox[b]{19pt}{\hfill#1}}
  \caption{DiD-Matching Schätzer} 
  \label{tab:DiD} 
\begin{tabular}{ccccc} 
\toprule
 & Wertschöpfung & Beschäftigung & Gewinnspanne & Exporte \\ 
\toprule
\multicolumn{5}{l}{\textit{Jahresvergleiche: Vorbehandlungsperiode}} \\
\midrule
$t$ \\
2013 & $\hat{\tau}_{1,13}$ &  $\hat{\tau}_{2,13}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{3,13}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{4,13}$\\  
2014 & \multirow{3}{*}{\vdots} & \multirow{3}{*}{\vdots} & \multirow{3}{*}{\vdots}  & \multirow{3}{*}{\vdots}  \\  
2015 &  & \\
2016 &  & \\
2017 & $\hat{\tau}_{1,17}$ &  $\hat{\tau}_{2,17}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{3,17}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{4,17}$\\ 
\noalign{\vskip 2mm}
\multicolumn{5}{l}{\textit{Vergleich: Aggregierte Vorbehandlungsperiode}} \\
\midrule
Phase III & $\hat{\tau}_{1,III}$ &  $\hat{\tau}_{2,III}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{3,III}$ & $\hat{\tau}_{4,III}$ \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular} 
\begin{tablenotes}
  \footnotesize
\item Aggregierte Vorbehandlungsperiode: $2003-2004$, Phase III: $2013-2017$.
    \end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table} 
\end{document}

Reduce the size of vdots inside a table

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