3 papers
econ.EM2026
Stable Policy Learning
Harvey Barnhard, Giacomo Opocher, Rahul Singh
In evidence-based policymaking, typically one experimental sample is observed, then a learned policy recommendation is implemented at scale. Policies learned from the experimental…
econ.EM2026
Assumption-Lean Shrinkage and Model Averaging for Spatial Parameters
Harvey Barnhard
Economic decisions often depend on many noisy estimates of quantities such as neighborhood effects, school quality, and hospital performance. Shrinkage estimation can improve decis…
econ.EM2026
True and Pseudo-True Parameters
Isaiah Andrews, Harvey Barnhard, Jacob Carlson
Parameter estimates in misspecified models converge to pseudo-true parameter values, which minimize a population objective function. Pseudo-true values often differ from quantities…