Identification and estimation of causal effects with time-varying treatments and time-varying outcomes

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 393-434

  Brand, Jennie E ^a,b   Xie, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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EID: 34548799684     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2007.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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