Sharp bounds on causal effects under sample selection

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-151

  Huber, Martin ^a   Mellace, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84920696192     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obes.12056     Document Type: Article

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