3 papers
econ.EM2025
Reinterpreting demand estimation
Jiafeng Chen
This paper clarifies how and why structural demand models (Berry and Haile, 2014, 2024) predict unit-level counterfactual outcomes. We do so by casting structural assumptions equiv…
econ.EM2025
Empirical Bayes shrinkage (mostly) does not correct the measurement error in regression
Jiafeng Chen, Jiaying Gu, Soonwoo Kwon
In the value-added literature, it is often claimed that regressing on empirical Bayes shrinkage estimates corrects for the measurement error problem in linear regression. We clarif…
econ.EM2024
Potential weights and implicit causal designs in linear regression
Jiafeng Chen
Applied researchers routinely use linear regression to estimate causal effects, justified by quasi-experimental treatment variation, while leaving assumptions on treatment assignme…