Sharp IV Bounds on Average Treatment Effects on the Treated and Other Populations Under Endogeneity and Noncompliance

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 56-79

  Huber, Martin ^a   Laffers, Lukas ^b   Mellace, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84930892381     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2473     Document Type: Article

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