Bias-corrected matching estimators for average treatment effects

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Abadie, Alberto ^a   Imbens, Guido W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Selection on observables; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449245457     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.07333     Document Type: Article

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