Semiparametric theory for causal mediation analysis: efficiency bounds, multiple robustness and sensitivity analysis

DOI10.1214/12-AOS990zbMath1257.62033arXiv1210.4654OpenAlexW1974906010WikidataQ42120216 ScholiaQ42120216MaRDI QIDQ693748

Ilya Shpitser, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen

Publication date: 10 December 2012

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.4654

zbMATH Keywords

double robustlocal efficiencynatural direct effectsnatural indirect effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric robustness (62G35) Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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