The estimation of causal effects by difference-in-difference methods

Foundations and Trends in Econometrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-224

  Lechner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Before aftertreatment control design; Causal inference; Control group design with pretest and posttest; Counterfactual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856162425     PISSN: 15513076     EISSN: 15513084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0800000014     Document Type: Review

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