Lagged explanatory variables and the estimation of causal effect

Journal of Politics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 949-963

  Bellemare, Marc F ^a   Masaki, Takaaki ^b   Pepinsky, Thomas B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 85020889463     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/690946     Document Type: Article

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