An Equivalence Approach to Balance and Placebo Tests

Recent emphasis on credible causal designs has led to the expectation that scholars justify their research designs by testing the plausibility of their causal identification assumptions, often through balance and placebo tests. Yet current practice is to use statistical tests with an inappropriate n...

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Main Authors: Hartman, Erin (Author), Hidalgo, Fernando Daniel (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley, 2020-07-09T15:03:12Z.
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