Search Results - "Imbens, G."

Optimal Bandwidth Choice for the Regression Discontinuity Estimator by IMBENS, GUIDO, KALYANARAMAN, KARTHIK

“…We investigate the choice of the bandwidth for the regression discontinuity estimator. We focus on estimation by local linear regression, which was shown to…”
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Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research by Miguel, E., Camerer, C., Casey, K., Cohen, J., Esterling, K. M., Gerber, A., Glennerster, R., Green, D. P., Humphreys, M., Imbens, G., Laitin, D., Madon, T., Nelson, L., Nosek, B. A., Petersen, M., Sedlmayr, R., Simmons, J. P., Simonsohn, U., Van der Laan, M.

“…Social scientists should adopt higher transparency standards to improve the quality and credibility of research. There is growing appreciation for the…”
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The role of the propensity score in estimating dose-response functions by Imbens, Guido W.

“…Estimation of average treatment effects in observational studies often requires adjustment for differences in pre-treatment variables. If the number of…”
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Estimating Outcome Distributions for Compliers in Instrumental Variables Models by Imbens, Guido W., Rubin, Donald B.

“…In Imbens and Ingrist (1994), Angrist, Imbens and Rubin (1996) and Imbens and Rubin (1997), assumptions have been outlined under which instrumental variables…”
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Jackknife Instrumental Variables Estimation by Angrist, J. D., Imbens, G. W., Krueger, A. B.

“…Two-stage-least-squares (2SLS) estimates are biased towards the probability limit of OLS estimates. This bias grows with the degree of over-identification and…”
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Jackknife instrumental variables estimation by Angrist, J. D., Imbens, G. W., Krueger, A. B.

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Predicting the efficacy of future training programs using past experiences at other locations by Hotz, V. Joseph, Imbens, Guido W, Mortimer, Julie H

“…We investigate the problem of predicting the average effect of a new training program using experiences with previous implementations. There are two principal…”
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Robust, accurate confidence intervals with a weak instrument: quarter of birth and education by Imbens, Guido W., Rosenbaum, Paul R.

“…An instrument or instrumental variable manipulates a treatment and affects the outcome only indirectly through its manipulation of the treatment. For instance,…”
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Bayesian Inference for Causal Effects in Randomized Experiments with Noncompliance by Imbens, Guido W., Rubin, Donald B.

“…For most of this century, randomization has been a cornerstone of scientific experimentation, especially when dealing with humans as experimental units. In…”
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Identification and Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects by Imbens, Guido W., Angrist, Joshua D.

“…The random assignment of treatment and concurrent data collection on treatment and control groups is the norm in medical evaluation research. In contrast, the…”
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Empirical likelihood estimation and consistent tests with conditional moment restrictions by Donald, Stephen G., Imbens, Guido W., Newey, Whitney K.

“…This paper is about efficient estimation and consistent tests of conditional moment restrictions. We use unconditional moment restrictions based on splines or…”
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Regression discontinuity designs: A guide to practice by Imbens, Guido W., Lemieux, Thomas

“…In regression discontinuity (RD) designs for evaluating causal effects of interventions, assignment to a treatment is determined at least partly by the value…”
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Combining Micro and Macro Data in Microeconometric Models by Imbens, Guido W., Lancaster, Tony

“…Census reports can be interpreted as providing nearly exact knowledge of moments of the marginal distribution of economic variables. This information can be…”
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Information Theoretic Approaches to Inference in Moment Condition Models by Imbens, Guido W., Spady, Richard H., Johnson, Phillip

“…One-step efficient GMM estimation has been developed in the recent papers of Back and Brown (1990), Imbens (1993), and Qin and Lawless (1994). These papers…”
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Dealing with limited overlap in estimation of average treatment effects by CRUMP, RICHARD K., HOTZ, V. JOSEPH, IMBENS, GUIDO W., MITNIK, OSCAR A.

“…Estimation of average treatment effects under unconfounded or ignorable treatment assignment is often hampered by lack of overlap in the covariate…”
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Transition Models in a Non-Stationary Environment by Imbens, G. W.

“…An alternative form of the proportional hazard model is proposed. It allows one to introduce correlation between exit rates at the same (calendar) time for…”
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An Efficient Method of Moments Estimator for Discrete Choice Models With Choice-Based Sampling by Imbens, Guido W.

“…In this paper a new estimator is proposed for discrete choice models with choice-based sampling. The estimator is efficient and can incorporate information on…”
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Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings by Abadie, Alberto, Angrist, Joshua, Imbens, Guido

“…This paper reports estimates of the effects of JTPA training programs on the distribution of earnings. The estimation uses a new instrumental variable (IV)…”
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Confidence intervals in generalized method of moments models by Imbens, Guido W., Spady, Richard

“…We consider the construction of confidence intervals for parameters characterized by moment restrictions. In the standard approach to generalized method of…”
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Instrumental variable estimation of nonseparable models by Chernozhukov, Victor, Imbens, Guido W., Newey, Whitney K.

“…There are many environments where knowledge of a structural relationship is required to answer questions of interest. Also, nonseparability of a structural…”
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