Semiparametric estimation and inference for distributional and general treatment effects

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 881-904

  Cheng, Jing ^a   Qin, Jing ^b   Zhang, Biao ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effect; Empirical likelihood; Exponential tilt model; Instrumental variable; Mixture model; Non compliance; Randomized trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849103934     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2009.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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