Bounding Causal Effects with Leaky Instruments

DS Watson, J Penn, LM Gunderson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Instrumental variables (IVs) are a popular and powerful tool for estimating causal effects in
the presence of unobserved confounding. However, classical approaches rely on strong …

BudgetIV: Optimal Partial Identification of Causal Effects with Mostly Invalid Instruments

J Penn, LM Gunderson, G Bravo-Hermsdorff… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Instrumental variables (IVs) are widely used to estimate causal effects in the presence of
unobserved confounding between exposure and outcome. An IV must affect the outcome …