Efficient semiparametric estimation of multi-valued treatment effects under ignorability

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-154

  Cattaneo, Matias D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient estimation; Multi valued treatment effects; Semiparametric efficiency; Unconfoundedness

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; EFFICIENT ESTIMATION; IGNORABILITY; LARGE CLASS; MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS; NON-SMOOTH; SEMI PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; SEMIPARAMETRIC EFFICIENCY; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 77649272530     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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