Machine Learning: An Applied Econometric Approach
Sendhil Mullainathan,Jann Spiess +1 more
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This work presents a way of thinking about machine learning that gives it its own place in the econometric toolbox, and aims to make them conceptually easier to use by providing a crisper understanding of how these algorithms work, where they excel, and where they can stumble.Abstract:
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