A study of quasi-experimental control group methods for estimating policy impacts

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-25

  Reed, Robert ^a   Rogers, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo analysis; Nonexperimental matching; Quasi experimental methods; State and local policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 0037217168     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(01)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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