Instrumental variables: An econometrician's perspective

Statistical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-358

  Imbens, Guido W ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Noncompliance; Potential outcomes; Randomized experiments; Selection models; Simultaneous equations models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907197304     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/14-STS480     Document Type: Article

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