Globally efficient non-parametric inference of average treatment effects by empirical balancing calibration weighting

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 673-700

  Chan, Kwun Chuen Gary ^a   Yam, Sheung Chi Phillip ^b   Zhang, Zheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Global semiparametric efficiency; Propensity score; Sieve estimator; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957990978     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12129     Document Type: Article

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