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Matthew A Masten

Associate Professor of Economics
Economics
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
201A Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097

Scholarly Works - Scholarly editions


Salvaging Falsified Instrumental Variable Models

Scholarly edition · May 1, 2021 What should researchers do when their baseline model is falsified? We recommend reporting the set of parameters that are consistent with minimally nonfalsified models. We call this the falsification adaptive set (FAS). This set generalizes the standard bas ... Full text Cite

Interpreting Quantile Independence

Scholarly edition How should one assess the credibility of assumptions weaker than statistical independence, like quantile independence? In the context of identifying causal effects of a treatment variable, we argue that such deviations should be chosen based on the f ... Cite