Robust Estimation and Model Selection for the Controlled Directed Effect with Unmeasured Mediator-Outcome Confounders

Shunichiro Orihara, Shinpei Imori, Kosuke Morikawa +2

Controlled Direct Effect (CDE) is one of the causal estimands used to evaluate both exposure and mediation effects on an outcome. When there are unmeasured confounders existing bet…