Distance functions for matching in small samples

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1942-1960

  Dettmann, E ^a   Becker, C ^b   Schmeisser C ^a  

^a HALLE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance functions; Evaluation; Matching; Propensity score; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; EVALUATION; MATCHING; PROPENSITY SCORE; SIMULATION;

STANDARDIZATION;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 79251597503     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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