Essays about: "propensity score matching"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words propensity score matching.

  1. 1. Automation and design in observational causal inference

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Mattias Tajik; [2022]
    Keywords : Causal Inference; Genetic Matching; Entropy Balancing; Propensity Score;

    Abstract : The use of automated procedures has recently become popular in the causal inference literature. Naive implementations of automatic procedures stand in contrast to the perspective advocated in Imbens and Rubin's Causal Inference. Imbens and Rubin suggest that researchers should make modelling decisions informed by subjective knowledge. READ MORE

  3. 2. Green Bonds Issuance Benefits : Evidence from the Real Estate Sector

    University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system

    Author : Hsu-Chi Weng; [2022]
    Keywords : Real Estate; Green Bonds; Green Bonds Premium; Sustainable Finance; Fastigheter; Gröna obligationer; Gröna obligationer premie; Hållbar finans;

    Abstract : In response to The Paris Agreement, all aspects of society are committing to transit to a low-carbon future. The real estate industry, which is responsible for a large portion of greenhouse gas emissions, plays a pivotal role in achieving this temperature goal. READ MORE

  4. 3. Confounder Parsing for Text Matching

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Jannes Reichl; Johan Rönkkö; [2021-07-06]
    Keywords : Text matching; confounder parsing; causal inference; covariate balance; International Monetary Fund; policy evaluation;

    Abstract : In observational studies for policy evaluation, matching is used in service of causal inference to simulate randomization and thus reduce selection bias that might occur when treatment assignment differs systematically. This is done by balancing the distribution of confounding covariates measured before treatments. READ MORE

  5. 4. Early evidence on iXBRL regulation and its impact on information asymmetry in the US capital market

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Viktor Axelsson; Alexander Nilsson; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : iXBRL; Information asymmetry; Regulation; iXBRL-tags; Difference in difference; propensity score matching;

    Abstract : The topic of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) has long been under debate regarding its effect and usefulness as a disclosure format. With the recent regulatory shift to the newest evolution of XBRL, inline XBRL (iXBRL), it once again becomes important to evaluate and understand the effects of the regulation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can China's Carbon Emission Trading Make a Difference? A quasi experimental analysis of the ETS pilot scheme

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Shicheng Xia; [2021]
    Keywords : China emission trading; carbon neutrality; policy analysis; quasi-natural experiment; matching;

    Abstract : With an aim to reduce carbon emissions and thus cope with the climate change, China initiated its Emission Trading System (ETS) in several pilot regions since 2013. In this thesis I investigate the CO2 emission reduction effect of the China ETS pilot scheme, which could serve as an important indicator to infer how the forthcoming national ETS will perform in the future. READ MORE