Think globally, act globally: An epidemiologist's perspective on instrumental variable estimation.

• Published in: Statistical Science
• Main Authors: Swanson, Sonja A, Hernán, Miguel A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Rubin; Hernán
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1214/14-sts491; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25580054; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285626/

We appreciated Imbens' summary and reflections on the state of instrumental variable (IV) methods from an econometrician's perspective. His review was much needed as it clarified several issues that have been historically a source of confusion when individuals from different disciplines di...