Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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525
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Business and Economic Statistics Section
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Abstract #314815
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Title:
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Identification and Estimation of Spatial Causal Effects
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Author(s):
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Peter M. Aronow* and Cyrus Samii
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Companies:
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Yale University and New York University
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Keywords:
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causal inference ;
randomized experiments ;
field experiments ;
spatial estimation ;
identification
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Abstract:
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We derive identification results and semiparametric estimators for causal inference for experimental treatments administered on K-dimensional spaces. We parametrize exposures as functions of distance from points of treatment, and define our inferential targets as potential outcomes that marginalize over both regime and space. We propose a class of Kriging-type estimators that are consistent under mild smoothness conditions. We apply our approach to data from a canonical field experiment on the causal effects of deworming treatments on health and academic outcomes.
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