Kernel methods for causal functions: dose, heterogeneous and incremental response curves
因果函数的核方法:剂量、异质性与增量响应曲线
Abstract We propose estimators based on kernel ridge regression for nonparametric causal functions such as dose, heterogeneous and incremental response curves. The treatment and covariates may be discrete or continuous in general spaces. Because of a decomposition property specific to the reproducing kernel Hilbert space, our estimators have simple closed-form solutions. We prove uniform consistency with finite sample rates via an original analysis of generalized kernel…