Estimating the dose-response function through the GLM approach

Guardabascio, Barbara and Ventura, Marco (2013): Estimating the dose-response function through the GLM approach.

Abstract

This paper revises the estimation of the dose-response function as in Hirano and Imbens (2004) by proposing a flexible way to estimate the generalized propensity score when the treatment variable is not necessarily normally distributed. We also provide a set of programs that accomplish this task by using the GLM in the first step of the computation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: generalized propensity score, GLM, dose-response, continuous treatment, bias removal
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General > C13 - Estimation: General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C52 - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection

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