Instrumental variables: an econometrician's perspective

DOI10.1214/14-STS480zbMath1331.62471arXiv1410.0163WikidataQ98137691 ScholiaQ98137691MaRDI QIDQ252714

Guido W. Imbens

Publication date: 4 March 2016

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.0163

zbMATH Keywords

noncompliancerandomized experimentspotential outcomesselection modelssimultaneous equations models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) General nonlinear regression (62J02) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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