Testing for the Unconfoundedness Assumption Using an Instrumental Assumption
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Testing for the Unconfoundedness Assumption Using an Instrumental Assumption
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Causal Inference
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2193-3677,2193-3685
DOI: 10.1515/jci-2013-0011