Ensures Mutually Consistent Beliefs When Using IVs

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Documentation for package ‘ivdoctr’ version 1.0.1

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afghan	Burde and Linden (2013, AEJ Applied) Dataset
b_functionA3	B function from Proposition A3
candidate1	Evaluates the corners given user bounds. Vectorized wrt multiple draws of obs.
candidate2	Evaluates the edge where k is on the boundary. Vectorized wrt multiple draws of obs.
candidate3	Evaluates the edge where r_TstarU is on the boundary.
collapse_3d_array	Collapse 3-d array to matrix
colonial	Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (2001) Dataset
draw_bounds	Computes bounds for simulated data
draw_observables	Simulates different data draws
draw_sigma_jeffreys	Draws covariance matrix using the Jeffrey's Prior
format_est	Creates LaTeX code for parameter estimates
format_HPDI	Creates LaTeX code for the HPDI
format_se	Creates LaTeX code for the standard error
getCoverage	Computes coverage of list of intervals
getInterval	Generates smallest covering interval
get_alpha_bounds	Computes a0 and a1 bounds
get_beta	Solves for beta
get_beta_bounds_binary	Returns beta bounds in binary case using grid search
get_beta_bounds_binary_post	Generates beta bounds off of beta draws
get_bounds_unrest	Wrapper function combines all unrestricted bounds together. Vectorized
get_estimates	Computes OLS and IV estimates
get_k_bounds_unrest	Given observables from the data, generates unrestricted bounds for kappa. Vectorized
get_L	Computes L, lower bound for kappa_tilde in paper
get_M	Solves for the magnification factor
get_new_draws	Computes beliefs that support valid instrument
get_observables	Given data and function specification, returns the relevant correlations and covariances with any exogenous controls projected out.
get_psi_lower	Computes the lower bound of psi for binary data
get_psi_upper	Computes the upper bound of psi for binary data
get_p_valid	Compute the share of draws that could contain a valid instrument.
get_r_TstarU_bounds_unrest	Given observables from the data, generates the unrestricted bounds for rho_TstarU. Data does not impose any restrictions on r_TstarU Vectorized
get_r_uz	Solves for r_uz given observables, r_TstarU, and kappa
get_r_uz_bounds	Evaluates r_uz bounds given user restrictions on r_TstarU and kappa
get_r_uz_bounds_unrest	Given observables from the data, generates the unrestricted bounds for rho_uz. Vectorized
get_s_u	Solves for the variance of the error term u
g_functionA2	G function from Proposition A.2
ivdoctr	Generates parameter estimates given user restrictions and data
makeTable	Generates table of parameter estimates given user restrictions and data
make_full_row	Takes the OLS and IV estimates and converts it to a row of the LaTeX table
make_tex_row	Makes LaTeX code to make a row of a table and shift by some amount of columns if necessary
map2color	Generates a custom color palette given a vector of numbers
myformat	Rounds x to two decimal places
plot_3d_beta	Plot ivdoctr Restrictions
rect_points	Construct vectors of points that outline a rectangle.
rinvwish	Simulate draws from the inverse Wishart distribution
toList	Convert 3-d array to list of matrixes
weber	Becker and Woessmann (2009) Dataset