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Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Treatment Effects? Reassessing Whether Nonexperimental Estimators are Biased

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  • Kenneth Fortson
  • Philip Gleason
  • Emma Kopa
  • Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz

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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard in estimating treatment effects. When an RCT is infeasible, regression modeling or statistical matching are often used instead.

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  • Kenneth Fortson & Philip Gleason & Emma Kopa & Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, 2015. "Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Treatment Effects? Reassessing Whether Nonexperimental Estimators are Biased," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 88154a3523cc492dbca5bcb47, Mathematica Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:mpr:mprres:88154a3523cc492dbca5bcb478eeb144
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