The state of applied econometrics: Causality and policy evaluation

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 3-32

  Athey, Susan ^a,b   Imbens, Guido W ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85019163054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.31.2.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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