Beyond baseline and follow-up: The case for more T in experiments

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-221

  McKenzie, David ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple measurements; Program evaluation; Randomized experiments

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864393047     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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