Bayesian Propensity Score Estimators: Incorporating Uncertainties In Propensity Scores Into Causal Inference

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-189

  An, Weihua ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78449311648     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2010.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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