Sharp Nonparametric Bounds for Decomposition Effects with Two Binary Mediators
两个二元中介下分解效应的尖锐非参数界限
In randomized trials, once the total effect of the intervention has been estimated, it is often of interest to explore mechanistic effects through mediators along the causal pathway between the randomized treatment and the outcome. In the setting with two sequential mediators, there are a variety of decompositions of the total risk difference into mediation effects. We derive sharp and valid bounds for a number of mediation effects in the setting of two sequential mediators…