What does IV stand for?

Instrumental Variable

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

Other Resources:

<< Previous	Abbreviation Database Surfer		Next >>
Independent Verification Individual Value (Pokémon video game) Information Visualization InfoVision Initial Value Initial Velocity Initialization Vector Initialization Vector (encryption) Innoventions (Disneyland, EPCOT) Input Voltage		Insurance to Value (insurance) Intelligent Vehicles Interactive Video Interamente Versato (Italian: Fully Paid-Up) Intercepter Vehicle Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (usually seen as IVCF) Intra Vascular Intravaginal (obstetrics) Intravehicular Intravenous

Samples in periodicals archive:

We will demonstrate that, while GMM and instrumental variables can correctly deal with the standard problem of measurement error and endogeneity, if there are also missing variables and a misspecified functional form, then no valid instruments will exist and GMM becomes inconsistent.

The New Keynesian Phillips Curve and lagged inflation: a case of ...

Instrumental variable estimation is one method of dealing with this endogeneity problem and involves selection of a new variable that is both highly correlated with the independent variable in question (tobacco control spending) and also uncorrelated with all the other causes of smoking.

Is the CDC blowing smoke? Recommended levels of anti-tobacco spending ...

2]X) as a generated instrumental variable for litigation risk*, estimate Equation (1) by the two-stage least squares method (2SLS).

The relation between IPO underpricing and litigation risk revisited: ...

Estimation of reciprocal relationships in the model is possible because instrumental variables are available for both paternal involvement (father's bio-step status, paternal education) and maternal involvement (maternal depression, maternal education).

Mother involvement as an influence on father involvement with early ...

We use as instrumental variables observations from the year 2004, and information is only available about the sectors of starting a business, registering property, enforcing contracts, and closing a business in the years 2004 and 2006.

Corruption and complex business rules

Later chapters cover application of the Kalman filter to signal enhancement, estimation using the instrumental variable technique, and particle filtering.

Modeling, estimation and optimal filtering signal processing

The endogeneity problems for these variables are addressed through an instrumental variables estimation approach.

The role of the agricultural and industrial sectors in China's ...

The sixth edition has been updated and revised throughout to improve the explanation of numerous topics, and also features a new chapter on instrumental variable estimation and a new chapter on computational considerations.

A guide to econometrics, 6th ed