On Friday 24 Januari 2025, J. Klooster will defend the doctoral thesis titled: Robust Inference in Instrumental Variable Models
- Promotor
- Co-promotor
- Date
- Friday 24 Jan 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
- Type
- PhD defence
- Space
- Senate Hall
- Building
- Erasmus Building
- Location
- Campus Woudestein
Below is a brief summary of the dissertation:
Instrumental variable methods are commonly used to draw causal inferences in nonexperimental settings. A significant threat to the validity of these methods is the presence of outliers in the data. This thesis contributes by developing testing procedures that enable outlier robust inference in instrumental
variable models. It demonstrates how the new robust tests can be applied in practice by revisiting several published empirical studies. In some cases, the robust tests give vastly different results compared to the original studies, highlighting the importance of the new methods.
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The public defence will begin exactly at 13.00 hrs. The doors will be closed once the public defence starts, latecomers may be able to watch on the screen outside. There is no possibility of entrance during the first part of the ceremony. Due to the solemn nature of the ceremony, we recommend that you do not take children under the age of 6 to the first part of the ceremony.
A live stream link has been provided to the candidate.
