An instrument manipulates a treatment that it does not entirely control, but the instrument affects the outcome only indirectly through its manipulation of the treatment. The idealized prototype is ...
The Econometrics Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, EC 2 2010 SPECIAL ISSUE: IDENTIFICATION IN ECONOMETRICS, THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (2013), pp. 27-72 (46 pages) We consider a standard instrumental variables ...
Nonparametric instrumental variable (NPIV) estimation is a cutting‐edge methodological framework employed to uncover causal relationships in the presence of endogenous regressors, without imposing ...
“LIKE elaborately plumed birds…we preen and strut and display our t-values.” That was Edward Leamer's uncharitable description of his profession in 1983. Mr Leamer, an economist at the University of ...
Causal Inference in Oncology Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Observational Data: Are Instrumental Variables Underutilized? The following represents disclosure information provided by authors ...