Nonparametric estimation of average treatment effects under exogeneity: A review

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-29

  Imbens, Guido W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1842429563     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323023651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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