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Generalized Propensity Scores for Multiple Continuous Treatment Variables

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  • Peter Egger
  • Maximilian von Ehrlich

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This paper illustrates that the generalized propensity score method can easily be applied with multiple continuous endogenous treatment variables. Consistency proofs carry over straightforwardly to this general case, and the approach is shown to work well in finite samples with various data-generating processes and up to five continuous endogenous treatment variables.

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  • Peter Egger & Maximilian von Ehrlich, 2013. "Generalized Propensity Scores for Multiple Continuous Treatment Variables," CESifo Working Paper Series 4074, CESifo.
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    1. Kosuke Imai & David A. van Dyk, 2004. "Causal Inference With General Treatment Regimes: Generalizing the Propensity Score," Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association, vol. 99, pages 854-866, January.
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    Keywords

    generalized propensity score estimation; multiple treatments; continuous endogenous treatments;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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