Machine learning: An applied econometric approach

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 87-106

  Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a   Spiess, Jann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85019079025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.31.2.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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