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stat.ME2026
Efficient semiparametric estimation of marginal treatment effects with genetic instrumental variables
Ashish Patel, Francis J DiTraglia, Stephen Burgess
Alcohol misuse is a key target of public health strategies aimed at reducing cardiovascular risk. The effect of excessive alcohol consumption on blood pressure may vary systematica…
stat.ME2021
Selecting invalid instruments to improve Mendelian randomization with two-sample summary data
Ashish Patel, Francis J. DiTraglia, Verena Zuber +1
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a widely-used method to estimate the causal relationship between a risk factor and disease. A fundamental part of any MR analysis is to choose appro…
stat.ME2014★ 58 cited
Using Invalid Instruments on Purpose: Focused Moment Selection and Averaging for GMM
Francis J. DiTraglia
In finite samples, the use of a slightly endogenous but highly relevant instrument can reduce mean-squared error (MSE). Building on this observation, I propose a novel moment selec…