Conditioning, causality and policy analysis

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-78

  Heckman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE; POLYNOMIALS; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAUSALITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH INDICATORS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0242620660     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(02)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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