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Matthew A. Masten

Associate Professor of Economics · Duke University

Associate Professor of Economics at Duke University working in econometrics, on identification, causal inference, and robustness and sensitivity analysis. Received an NSF CAREER grant (2020-2026).

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Published American Economic Review Published Jul 2026

The Effect of Omitted Variables on the Sign of Regression Coefficients

Matthew A. Masten · Alexandre Poirier

Masten and Poirier demonstrate a previously unrecognized asymmetry in the coefficient stability literature: depending on how omitted variable bias is measured, it can be substantially easier for …

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