At the Nexus of Observational and Experimental Research: Theory, Specification, and Analysis of Experiments with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Political Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 789-815

  Kam, Cindy D ^a   Trussler, Marc J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Heterogeneous treatment effects; Interactions; Moderators

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001022017     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-016-9379-z     Document Type: Article

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