Sharp bounds on treatment effects in a binary triangular system

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Econometrics
Year: 2015
Volume: 187
Issue: 1
Pages: 74-81

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Abstract

This paper considers the evaluation of the average treatment effect (ATE) in a triangular system with binary dependent variables. I impose a threshold crossing model on both the endogenous regressor and the outcome. The bounds proposed by Shaikh and Vytlacil (2011,SV) on the ATE are sharp only under a restrictive condition on the support of the covariates and the instruments, which rules out a wide range of models and many relevant applications. In this setting, I provide a methodology that allows the construction of sharp bounds on the ATE by efficiently using the variation of covariates without imposing support restrictions.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:econom:v:187:y:2015:i:1:p:74-81
Journal Field
Econometrics
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-26