Econometrics

Policy Learning with Abstention
We study policy learning with the ability to abstain, and demonstrate its usefulness in ensuring safety.
Ayush Sawarni, Jikai Jin, Justin Whitehouse, Vasilis Syrgkanis
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Sharp Structure-Agnostic Lower Bounds for General Linear Functional Estimation
Sharp minimax theory for structure-agnostic estimation of general linear functionals, including optimality of first-order debiasing and doubly robust estimators.
Jikai Jin, Vasilis Syrgkanis
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