documentclass{article}
usepackage{amsmath}
egin{document}
egin{equation}
D_{it} =
egin{cases}
1 & ext{if bank $i$ issues ABs at time $t$}
2 & ext{if bank $i$ issues CBs at time $t$}
0 & ext{otherwise}
end{cases}
end{equation}
end{document}
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To get curly braces in the output, you must use the escaped versions, "{", and "}".
For example:
Normal text {Helper Text}
${ helloworld }$ yields {helloworld}