Dynamic discrete choice and dynamic treatment effects

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-396

  Heckman, James J ^a,b   Navarro, Salvador ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic discrete choice; Dynamic treatment effects; Semiparametric identification

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMIC DISCRETE CHOICE; DYNAMIC TREATMENT EFFECTS; SEMIPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 33845300794     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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