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Raymond K W Wong¹, Kwun Chuen Gary Chan²

¹Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, 401E Blocker Building, 155 Ireland Street, College Station, Texas 77843, U.S.A.

|June 5, 2018

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This study introduces a new method for covariate balance in causal inference, achieving uniform balance for covariate functions. The novel approach offers improved balance and reduced sampling variability compared to existing techniques.

Keywords:

Average treatment effect Eigenvalue optimization Reproducing-kernel Hilbert space Sobolev space

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Area of Science:

Statistics
Causal Inference
Machine Learning

Background:

Covariate balance is crucial for objective causal inference in observational studies.
Existing methods often focus on balancing specific moments of covariates.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel method for achieving uniform approximate balance for covariate functions.
To address limitations of existing covariate balancing techniques.

Main Methods:

The proposed method utilizes a reproducing kernel Hilbert space to define balance.
An infinite-dimensional optimization problem is reduced to a finite-dimensional eigenvalue optimization problem.

Main Results:

The method achieves uniform approximate balance for covariate functions.
Demonstrated superior balance and smaller sampling variability compared to existing methods in numerical examples.
Large-sample properties of the method are theoretically studied.

Conclusions:

The proposed method offers a powerful new tool for causal inference.
It provides a robust approach to covariate balancing with improved performance.