Testing for the Unconfoundedness Assumption Using an Instrumental Assumption

The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the treatment) or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assum...

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Huvudupphovsmän: de Luna Xavier, Johansson Per
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: De Gruyter 2014-09-01
Serie:Journal of Causal Inference
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Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2013-0011