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Causal inference under selection on observables in operations management research: Matching methods and synthetic controls

The majority of recent empirical papers in operations management (OM) employ observational data to investigate the causal effects of a treatment, such as program or policy adoption. However, as ...
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The Trend-in-trend Research Design for Causal Inference

Cohort studies can be biased by unmeasured confounding. We propose a hybrid ecologic-epidemiologic design called the trend-in-trend design, which requires a strong time trend in exposure, but is ...
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Limitations of individual causal models, causal graphs, and ignorability assumptions, as illustrated by random confounding and design unfaithfulness

We describe how ordinary interpretations of causal models and causal graphs fail to capture important distinctions among ignorable allocation mechanisms for subject selection or allocation. We ...
The New York Times

World’s largest biomedical research agency acknowledges causal link between contact sports and CTE

The world’s largest biomedical research agency has formally acknowledged the causal link between contact sports and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Campaign groups have described the move as a ...