Causal Parameters and Policy Analysis in Economics: A Twentieth Century Retrospective
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- James L. Heckman, 1999. "Causal Parameters and Policy Analysis in Economcs: A Twentieth Century Retrospective," NBER Working Papers 7333, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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