Nonrecursive Causal Models by William D Berry

Nonrecursive Causal Models by William D Berry

Where an assumption of unidirectionality in causal effects is unrealistic, 'recursive' models cannot be used, and complex 'nonrecursive' models are necessary. But, many nonrecursive models are 'unidentified', which makes meaningful parameter estimation impossible. This book explains the concept of identification and the factors that lead to it.

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1980. Major research and teaching interests include public policy, budgeting, state politics and research methodology. Berry’s primary areas of interest are public policy, American state politics, and research methodology. Throughout his career, his work has focused on explaining why governments make the policy choices they do, and improving the methodologies available for studying policy making. Among his current research projects are analyses of the impact of electoral competition on the policy choices made by state legislators, and the effect of state welfare policy on poverty in the United States. Berry’s current research on methodology focuses on the development of techniques for estimating econometric models with binary dependent variables, and methods for studying policy diffusion using geographical information systems. Berry has also been working for several years collecting data on outcomes of all state legislative elections in the U.S. since the 1960s; he has begun to use these data to study the behavior of challengers in state legislative elections, and the role of partisan and incumbent protection goals in determining the nature of redistricting in state legislatures.

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ISBN 13	9780803922655
ISBN 10	0803922655
Title	Nonrecursive Causal Models
Author	William D Berry
Series	Quantitative Applications In The Social Sciences
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	1984-08-30
Number of pages	94
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