Efficient nonparametric estimation of causal effects in randomized trials with noncompliance

Biometrika

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-36

  Cheng, Jing ^a   Small, Dylan S ^b   Tan, Zhiqiang ^c   Ten Have, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effect; Efficient nonparametric estimation; Empirical likelihood; Instrumental variable; Noncompliance; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449096960     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asn056     Document Type: Article

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