On the role of the propensity score in efficient semiparametric estimation of average treatment effects

Econometrica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-331

  Hahn, Jinyong ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Propensity score; Semiparametric efficiency bound; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000858149     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2998560     Document Type: Article

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