Nonparametric Bounds in Causal Mediation Analysis in the Presence of Unmeasured Confounding and Imperfect Compliance
未测混杂与不完全依从下因果中介分析的非参数界
The average causal mediation effect (ACME) and the natural direct effect (NDE) are two parameters of primary interest in causal mediation analysis. However, the two causal parameters are not identifiable from randomized experimental data in the presence of outcome-mediator confounding and treatment-assignment noncompliance. Sjölander (2009) addressed the partial identification issue and derived nonparametric bounds of the NDE in randomized controlled trials under a set of…