Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-75

  Frölich, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Instrumental variables; LATE; Matching; Treatment effect; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; LATE; LOCAL AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTS (LATE); UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 34249042306     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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