Title of article
Minimax-regret treatment choice with missing outcome data
Author/Authors
Manski، نويسنده , , Charles F.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوفصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
11
From page
105
To page
115
Abstract
I use the minimax-regret criterion to study choice between two treatments when some outcomes in the study population are unobservable and the distribution of missing data is unknown. I first assume that observable features of the study population are known and derive the treatment rule that minimizes maximum regret over all possible distributions of missing data. When no treatment is dominant, this rule allocates positive fractions of persons to both treatments. I then assume that the data are a random sample of the study population and show that in some instances, treatment rules that estimate certain point-identified population means by sample averages are finite-sample minimax regret.
Keywords
Partial identification , Statistical decision theory , Social choice
Journal title
Journal of Econometrics
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
Journal of Econometrics
Record number
1559182
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