On Partial Identification of the Natural Indirect Effect

In causal mediation analysis, nonparametric identification of the natural indirect effect typically relies on, in addition to no unobserved pre-exposure confounding, fundamental assumptions of (i) so-called “cross-world-counterfactuals” independence and (ii) no exposure-induced confounding. When the...

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Main Authors: Miles Caleb, Kanki Phyllis, Meloni Seema, Tchetgen Tchetgen Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Causal Inference
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2016-0004