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Extrapolation of causal effects - hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator's circle

Extrapolation of causal effects - hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator's circle

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Extrapolation of causal effects - hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator's circle

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Extrapolation of causal effects - hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator's circle

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London: Routledge

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The journal of economic methodology, 2019-01, Vol.26 (1), p.45-58

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English

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London: Routledge

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I consider recent strategies proposed by econometricians for extrapolating causal effects from experimental to target populations. I argue that these strategies fall prey to the extrapolator's circle: they require so much knowledge about the target population that the causal effects to be extrapolated can be identified from information about the ta...

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Extrapolation of causal effects - hopes, assumptions, and the extrapolator's circle

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TN_cdi_crossref_citationtrail_10_1080_1350178X_2018_1561078

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_citationtrail_10_1080_1350178X_2018_1561078

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1350-178X

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1469-9427

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10.1080/1350178X.2018.1561078

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