Discussion on 'Bayesian Regression Tree Models for Causal Inference: Regularization, Confounding, and Heterogeneous Effects' by Hahn, Murray and Carvalho

Autor:	Hu, Liangyuan
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Statistics - Methodology Statistics - Other Statistics
Zdroj:	Bayesian Analysis 2020: 15 (3), 1020-1023
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1214/19-BA1195
Popis:	Hahn et al. (2020) offers an extensive study to explicate and evaluate the performance of the BCF model in different settings and provides a detailed discussion about its utility in causal inference. It is a welcomed addition to the causal machine learning literature. I will emphasize the contribution of the BCF model to the field of causal inference through discussions on two topics: 1) the difference between the PS in the BCF model and the Bayesian PS in a Bayesian updating approach, 2) an alternative exposition of the role of the PS in outcome modeling based methods for the estimation of causal effects. I will conclude with comments on avenues for future research involving BCF that will be important and much needed in the era of Big data.
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.02836 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv