A Test for Instrument Validity

Econometrica

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2043-2063

  Kitagawa, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Instrumental variable; Specification test; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943428604     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11974     Document Type: Article

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