Covariate selection for the nonparametric estimation of an average treatment effect

Biometrika

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 861-875

  Luna, Xavier De ^a   Waernbaum, Ingeborg ^a   Richardson, Thomas S ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphical model; Minimal set of covariates; Neyman Rubin model; Unconfoundedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055199021     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asr041     Document Type: Article

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