Propensity score matching and variations on the balancing test

Empirical Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-80

  Lee, Wang Sheng ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balancing test; Matching; Monte Carlo simulation; Permutation test; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84872669651     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-011-0481-0     Document Type: Article

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