4 papers
Literature Review and Evidence Aggregation: a Toolkit for Applied Micro
Peter Ganong, Avik Garg, Maximilian Kasy
Consider an analyst interested in predicting the size of an effect. She has identified a set of prior published studies of similar effects. We provide a toolkit for (i) summarizing…
Causal inference for social network formation
Maximilian Kasy, Elizabeth Linos, Sanaz Mobasseri
This paper develops a framework for identification, estimation, and inference on the causal mechanisms driving endogenous social network formation. Identification is challenging be…
Adaptive maximization of social welfare
Nicolo Cesa-Bianchi, Roberto Colomboni, Maximilian Kasy
We consider the problem of repeatedly choosing policies to maximize social welfare. Welfare is a weighted sum of private utility and public revenue. Earlier outcomes inform later p…
Optimal Pre-Analysis Plans: Statistical Decisions Subject to Implementability
Maximilian Kasy, Jann Spiess
What is the purpose of pre-analysis plans, and how should they be designed? We model the interaction between an agent who analyzes data and a principal who makes a decision based o…