Semiparametric Bayesian causal inference using Gaussian process priors

08/13/2018
by   Kolyan Ray, et al.
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We develop a semiparametric Bayesian approach for estimating the mean response in a missing data model with binary outcomes and a nonparametrically modelled propensity score. Equivalently we estimate the causal effect of a treatment, correcting nonparametrically for confounding. We show that standard Gaussian process priors satisfy a semiparametric Bernstein-von Mises theorem under smoothness conditions. We further propose a novel propensity score-dependent prior that provides efficient inference under strictly weaker conditions. We also show that it is theoretically preferable to model the covariate distribution with a Dirichlet process or Bayesian bootstrap, rather than modelling the covariate density using a Gaussian process prior.

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