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Approximate residual balancing: debiased inference of average treatment effects in high dimensions
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- Rahul Singh, 2021. "Kernel Ridge Riesz Representers: Generalization, Mis-specification, and the Counterfactual Effective Dimension," Papers 2102.11076, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2024.
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"Synthetic Difference-in-Differences,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 111(12), pages 4088-4118, December.
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"The sooner the better: lives saved by the lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak. The case of Italy,"
The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 25(1), pages 46-70.
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- Roy Cerqueti & Raffaella Coppier & Alessandro Girardi & Marco Ventura, 2022. "The sooner the better: lives saved by the lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak. The case of Italy," Post-Print hal-03789141, HAL.
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Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 240(2).
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"Locally Robust Semiparametric Estimation,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(4), pages 1501-1535, July.
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"Double machine learning-based programme evaluation under unconfoundedness [Econometric methods for program evaluation],"
The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 25(3), pages 602-627.
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- Michael Zimmert, 2018. "The Finite Sample Performance of Treatment Effects Estimators based on the Lasso," Papers 1805.05067, arXiv.org.
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- Michael Zimmert, 2018. "Efficient Difference-in-Differences Estimation with High-Dimensional Common Trend Confounding," Papers 1809.01643, arXiv.org, revised Aug 2020.
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- Furno, Marilena, 2021. "The synthetic control approach: Multivalued treatments at the quantiles," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(1), pages 7-20.
- Chunrong Ai & Oliver Linton & Kaiji Motegi & Zheng Zhang, 2021.
"A unified framework for efficient estimation of general treatment models,"
Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 12(3), pages 779-816, July.
- Chunrong Ai & Oliver Linton & Kaiji Motegi & Zheng Zhang, 2018. "A Unified Framework for Efficient Estimation of General Treatment Models," Papers 1808.04936, arXiv.org, revised Aug 2018.
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- Chunrong Ai & Oliver Linton & Kaiji Motegi & Zheng Zhang, 2019. "A Unified Framework for Efficient Estimation of General Treatment Models," CeMMAP working papers CWP64/19, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Eli Ben-Michael & Avi Feller & Jesse Rothstein, 2021.
"The Augmented Synthetic Control Method,"
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 116(536), pages 1789-1803, October.
- Eli Ben-Michael & Avi Feller & Jesse Rothstein, 2018. "The Augmented Synthetic Control Method," Papers 1811.04170, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2020.
- Eli Ben-Michael & Avi Feller & Jesse Rothstein, 2021. "The Augmented Synthetic Control Method," NBER Working Papers 28885, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Michael C. Knaus, 2021.
"A double machine learning approach to estimate the effects of musical practice on student’s skills,"
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 184(1), pages 282-300, January.
- Knaus, Michael C., 2018. "A Double Machine Learning Approach to Estimate the Effects of Musical Practice on Student's Skills," IZA Discussion Papers 11547, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Michael C. Knaus, 2018. "A Double Machine Learning Approach to Estimate the Effects of Musical Practice on Student's Skills," Papers 1805.10300, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2019.
- Dasom Lee & Shu Yang & Lin Dong & Xiaofei Wang & Donglin Zeng & Jianwen Cai, 2023. "Improving trial generalizability using observational studies," Biometrics, The International Biometric Society, vol. 79(2), pages 1213-1225, June.
- Antonelli Joseph & Cefalu Matthew, 2020. "Averaging causal estimators in high dimensions," Journal of Causal Inference, De Gruyter, vol. 8(1), pages 92-107, January.
- Guido Imbens & Stefan Wager, 2019. "Optimized Regression Discontinuity Designs," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 101(2), pages 264-278, May.
- Wei Huang & Oliver Linton & Zheng Zhang, 2022.
"A Unified Framework for Specification Tests of Continuous Treatment Effect Models,"
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 1817-1830, October.
- Wei Huang & Oliver Linton & Zheng Zhang, 2021. "A Unified Framework for Specification Tests of Continuous Treatment Effect Models," Papers 2102.08063, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2021.
- Huang, W. & Linton, O. & Zhang, Z., 2021. "A Unified Framework for Specification Tests of Continuous Treatment Effect Models," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2113, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
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"Double robustness for complier parameters and a semi-parametric test for complier characteristics,"
The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 27(1), pages 1-20.
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- Victor Chernozhukov & Whitney Newey & Rahul Singh & Vasilis Syrgkanis, 2020. "Adversarial Estimation of Riesz Representers," Papers 2101.00009, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2024.
- Harold D. Chiang, 2018.
"Many Average Partial Effects: with An Application to Text Regression,"
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1812.09397, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2022.
- Harold D. Chiang, 2019. "Many Average Partial Effects: with an Application to Text Regression," 2019 Papers pch1836, Job Market Papers.
- Dongcheng Zhang & Kunpeng Zhang, 2020. "Weighting-Based Treatment Effect Estimation via Distribution Learning," Papers 2012.13805, arXiv.org, revised May 2023.
- Karun Adusumilli & Taisuke Otsu & Chen Qiu, 2020. "Reweighted nonparametric likelihood inference for linear functionals," STICERD - Econometrics Paper Series 614, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE.
- Khashayar Khosravi & Greg Lewis & Vasilis Syrgkanis, 2019. "Non-Parametric Inference Adaptive to Intrinsic Dimension," Papers 1901.03719, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2019.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Whitney K. Newey & Rahul Singh, 2022.
"Automatic Debiased Machine Learning of Causal and Structural Effects,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(3), pages 967-1027, May.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Whitney K Newey & Rahul Singh, 2018. "Automatic Debiased Machine Learning of Causal and Structural Effects," Papers 1809.05224, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2022.
- Shixiao Zhang & Peisong Han & Changbao Wu, 2023. "Calibration Techniques Encompassing Survey Sampling, Missing Data Analysis and Causal Inference," International Statistical Review, International Statistical Institute, vol. 91(2), pages 165-192, August.
- Kyle Colangelo & Ying-Ying Lee, 2019. "Double debiased machine learning nonparametric inference with continuous treatments," CeMMAP working papers CWP54/19, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Brett R. Gordon & Florian Zettelmeyer & Neha Bhargava & Dan Chapsky, 2019. "A Comparison of Approaches to Advertising Measurement: Evidence from Big Field Experiments at Facebook," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 38(2), pages 193-225, March.
- Shengfei Tang & Yanmei Shi & Qi Zhang, 2023. "Bias-Corrected Inference of High-Dimensional Generalized Linear Models," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-14, February.
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"An alternative to synthetic control for models with many covariates under sparsity,"
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2005.12225, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2021.
- Marianne BLÉHAUT & Xavier D'HAULTFOEUILLE & Jérémy L'HOUR & Alexandre B. TSYBAKOV, 2020. "An alternative to synthetic control for models with many covariates under sparsity," Working Papers 2020-17, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Whitney K. Newey & Victor Quintas-Martinez & Vasilis Syrgkanis, 2021. "Automatic Debiased Machine Learning via Riesz Regression," Papers 2104.14737, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2024.
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"Tax Administration vs. Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia,"
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- Guido Imbens & Yiqing Xu, 2024. "LaLonde (1986) after Nearly Four Decades: Lessons Learned," Papers 2406.00827, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2024.
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- Xingyu Chen & Lin Liu & Rajarshi Mukherjee, 2024. "Method-of-Moments Inference for GLMs and Doubly Robust Functionals under Proportional Asymptotics," Papers 2408.06103, arXiv.org.
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- Rahul Singh, 2020. "Kernel Methods for Unobserved Confounding: Negative Controls, Proxies, and Instruments," Papers 2012.10315, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2023.
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"Deep Neural Networks for Estimation and Inference,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 89(1), pages 181-213, January.
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- Ganesh Karapakula, 2023. "Stable Probability Weighting: Large-Sample and Finite-Sample Estimation and Inference Methods for Heterogeneous Causal Effects of Multivalued Treatments Under Limited Overlap," Papers 2301.05703, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2023.
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