Allison J. Sovey is a Ph.D. student in Political Science, Yale University, 115 Prospect Street, Rosenkranz Hall, Room 437, New Haven, CT 06520 (allison.sovey@yale.edu). Donald P. Green is A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science, Yale University, 115 Prospect Street, Rosenkranz Hall, Room 437, New Haven, CT 06520 (donald.green@yale.edu).
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Instrumental Variables Estimation in Political Science: A Readers’ Guide
Article first published online: 30 SEP 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00477.x
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Sovey, A. J. and Green, D. P. (2011), Instrumental Variables Estimation in Political Science: A Readers’ Guide. American Journal of Political Science, 55: 188–200. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00477.x
An earlier version of this article was prepared for the 26th Annual Society for Political Methodology Summer Conference, Yale University. We are grateful to Jake Bowers, John Bullock, Daniel Butler, Thad Dunning, Andrew Gelman, Holger Kern, and Jan Box-Steffensmeier for helpful comments. We also thank Peter Aronow and Mario Chacon, who assisted us in data collection and provided valuable suggestions. This project was funded by support from Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. We are responsible for any errors.
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