ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance (IR) and progressive pancreatic β-cell dysfunction have been identified as the two fundamental features in the pathogenesis of obesity and non-insulin-dependent
This article considers identification and estimation of the causal effect of the time Z until a subject is treated on a duration T. The time-to-treatment is not randomly assigned, T is randomly right
The twin deficit hypothesis suggests that budget deficits are crucial factors leading to current account deficits, and substantial empirical evidence documents a significant positive statistical corre
