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HERC Econometrics with Observational Data

Instrumental Variables


by Wei Yu, PhD
Seminar date: 2/27/2019

Description: This lecture will provide an introduction to instrumental variables (IV) regression. We will discuss necessary conditions for valid instruments, the intuition for how and why IV regression works, examples, and limitations.



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