How to Deal With Reverse Causality Using Panel Data? Recommendations for Researchers Based on a Simulation Study

Does X affect Y? Answering this question is particularly difficult if reverse causality is looming. Many social scientists turn to panel data to address such questions of causal ordering. Yet even in longitudinal analyses, reverse causality threatens causal inference based on conventional panel mode...

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Published in:	Sociological methods & research Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 837 - 865
Main Authors:	Leszczensky, Lars, Wolbring, Tobias
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2022 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Attribution Theory Causal Models Causality Comparative Analysis Criticism Inference Longitudinal studies Monte Carlo Methods Panel data Research Problems Simulation Social Science Research Social sciences Social scientists Specification Statistical Bias Time exogeneity causal inference dynamic panel model panel data reverse causality fixed effects
ISSN:	0049-1241, 1552-8294
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