Endogeneity in Empirical Corporate Finance

Handbook of the Economics of Finance

Volumn 2, Issue PA, 2013, Pages 493-572

  Roberts, Michael R ^a   Whited, Toni M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference in differences estimators; Instrumental variables; Matching estimators; Measurement error; Regression discontinuity designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873507107     PISSN: 15740102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-44-453594-8.00007-0     Document Type: Chapter

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