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On causal inference in the presence of interference
Eric J Tchetgen Tchetgen1, Tyler J VanderWeele
1Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. etchetgen@gmail.com
Abstract:
Interference is said to be present when the exposure or treatment received by one individual may affect the outcomes of other individuals. Such interference can arise in settings in which the outcomes of the various individuals come about through social interactions. When interference is present, causal inference is rendered considerably more complex, and the literature on causal inference in the presence of interference has just recently begun to develop. In this article we summarise some of the concepts and results from the existing literature and extend that literature in considering new results for finite sample inference, new inverse probability weighting estimators in the presence of interference and new causal estimands of interest.
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