On the Specification of Propensity Scores: with Applications to the Analysis of Trade Policies
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- Millimet, Daniel L. & Tchernis, Rusty, 2009. "On the Specification of Propensity Scores, With Applications to the Analysis of Trade Policies," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 27(3), pages 397-415.
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Keywords
Treatment Effects; Program Evaluation; WTO; Environment; Currency Union;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
- F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2006-10-07 (Econometrics)
- NEP-ENV-2006-10-07 (Environmental Economics)
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