This article presents a method for valuing software based on the income that use of that software is expected to … present value, and the like, are applied, always focusing on the benefits and costs of software. A major issue, not dealt with … in the literature of valuing intangibles, is that software is continually upgraded. Applying depreciation schedules is …

This paper presents genetic matching, a method of multivariate matching that uses an evolutionary search algorithm to … determine the weight each covariate is given. Both propensity score matching and matching based on Mahalanobis distance are … limiting cases of this method. The algorithm makes transparent certain issues that all matching methods must confront. We …

using matching methods. Because precise estimation of the expected counterfactual is particularly important in regions …

Propensity score matching is widely used in treatment evaluation to estimate average treatment effects. Nevertheless …

We estimate the effect of motherhood on wages using matching. We distinguish between net and direct effects. The net …

nonparametric matching and weighting estimators of the average treatment effects and their properties are examined. …