 True state dependence (source code)

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= True state dependence

= True contagion
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A previous outcome may affect a subsequent outcome after controlling both measured <covariates> and persistent <unobserved heterogeneity>. This is true state dependence. An observed lagged-outcome association alone does not establish it, because omitted individual propensities can create apparent persistence.

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