Instrumental variables and the search for identification: From supply and demand to natural experiments

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 69-85

  Angrist, Joshua D ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040332008     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.15.4.69     Document Type: Review

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