Sensitivity analysis for instrumental variables regression with overidentifying restrictions

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 479, 2007, Pages 1049-1058

  Small, Dylan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Econometrics; Structural equations models

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348851021     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214507000000608     Document Type: Article

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