no code implementations • 9 Dec 2022 • Nicolas Apfel, Frank Windmeijer
We propose a generalized FAS that reflects the model uncertainty when some instruments violate the exclusion assumption and/or some instruments violate the conditional exogeneity assumption.
no code implementations • 10 Jul 2022 • Nicolas Apfel, Helmut Farbmacher, Rebecca Groh, Martin Huber, Henrika Langen
Under an endogenous binary treatment with heterogeneous effects and multiple instruments, we propose a two-step procedure for identifying complier groups with identical local average treatment effects (LATE) despite relying on distinct instruments, even if several instruments violate the identifying assumptions.
no code implementations • 14 Jan 2021 • Nicolas Apfel, Xiaoran Liang
We propose a procedure, which combines hierarchical clustering with a test of overidentifying restrictions for selecting valid instrumental variables (IV) from a large set of IVs.
no code implementations • 29 Jun 2019 • Nicolas Apfel
Many economic studies use shift-share instruments to estimate causal effects.