Causal Models and Counterfactuals

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-90

  Mahoney, James ^a   Goertz, Gary ^b   Ragin, Charles C ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Causal Model; Causal Path; Causal Variable; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; Strong Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118008789     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6094-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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