Assessing causal inference problems with Bayesian process tracing: the economic effects of proportional representation and the problem of endogeneity

Marcus Kreuzer

New Political Economy, 2016, vol. 21, issue 5, 473-483

Abstract: In recent years, causal process tracing is becoming increasingly formalised as scholars have begun to follow Bayesian logic and thereby manage to combine the interpretative and contextual nuance of older forms of process tracing with the inferential rigours of Bayesian analysis. This paper illustrates the basic logic of Bayesian process tracing by drawing on the political economy literature that studies the social policy and economic effects of electoral systems. It compares and contrasts how each approach deals with the problem of endogeneity.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2015.1134467

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