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by righttoremember 4192 days ago
In econometrics this approach is called "identification thorough functional form" because it relies on assumptions about the exact distribution of some is the variables.

The main problem is that it requires making assumptions that are very hard or impossible to test. Nonetheless it's an interesting idea, but I doubt this method can replace randomized trials or instrumental variables except in a tiny fraction is cases