On the Role of Counterfactuals in Inferring Causal Effects of Treatments
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Keywords
treatment effect; possible worlds; counterfactuals; Causation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B30 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - General
- C19 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Other
- Z00 - Other Special Topics - - General - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2001-09-26 (Health Economics)
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