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conditional bias term which may not vanish at a rate faster than root-N when more than one continuous variable is used for … conditional bias, matching estimators with a fixed number of matches do not reach the semiparametric efficiency bound for average … treatment effects, although the efficiency loss may be small. Third, we propose a bias-correction that removes the conditional …
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can lead to over- as well as under-estimation of the coefficients of interest. Critical for determining the bias is the … error of the optimal prediction error form and show that such methods may in fact introduce bias. Finally, we present some …
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almost all these papers ignore the bias in the estimated standard errors that serial correlation introduce4s. This is … serially correlated, which will exacerbate the bias in standard errors. To illustrate the severity of this issue, we randomly …
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A novel experiment is used to show that the effect of a policy on the level of cooperation is greater when it is chosen democratically by the subjects than when it is exogenously imposed. In contrast to the previous literature, our experimental design allows us to control for selection effects...
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Empirical researchers routinely encounter sample selection bias whereby 1) the regressor of interest is assumed to be …
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This chapter provides a selective review of some contemporary approaches to program evaluation. One motivation for our review is the recent emergence and increasing use of a particular kind of "program" in applied microeconomic research, the so-called Regression Discontinuity (RD) Design of...
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We estimate the demand for a videocalling technology in the presence of both network effects and heterogeneity. Using a unique dataset from a large multinational firm, we pose and estimate a fully dynamic model of technology adoption. We propose a novel identification strategy based on...
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We ask whether failing one or more of the state-mandated high-school exit examinations affects whether students graduate from high school. Using a new multi-dimensional regression-discontinuity approach, we examine simultaneously scores on mathematics and English language arts tests. Barely...
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and contrast our results with those of other decompositions. We find that, over a 5-year period, the measurement bias …
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Many believe that "big data" will transform business, government and other aspects of the economy. In this article we discuss how new data may impact economic policy and economic research. Large-scale administrative datasets and proprietary private sector data can greatly improve the way we...
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