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A calculus for causal inference with instrumental variables

Statistics Theory 2021-04-26 v2 Methodology Statistics Theory

Abstract

Under a general structural equation framework for causal inference, we provide a definition of the causal effect of a variable X on another variable Y, and propose an approach to estimate this causal effect via the use of instrumental variables.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2104.10633,
  title  = {A calculus for causal inference with instrumental variables},
  author = {Wing Hung Wong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.10633},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages

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