Bayesian analysis of cross-section and clustered data treatment models

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-50

  Chib, Siddhartha ^a   Hamilton, Barton H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical treatments; Causal inference; Finite mixture distribution; Gibbs sampling; Marginal likelihood; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Non experimental data; Potential outcomes; Randomly assigned covariate; Sample selection; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002514172     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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