Causality

Tshilidzi Marwala; Evan Hurwitz

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66104-9_14

Causality

Tshilidzi Marwala
, Evan Hurwitz

Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

Causality is a powerful concept which is at the heart of markets. Often, one wants to establish whether a particular attribute causes another. As human beings, we have perceived causality through correlation. Because of this fact, causality has often been confused for correlation. This chapter studies the evolution of causality including the influential work of David Hume and its relevance to economics and finance. It studies various concepts and models of causality such as transmission, Granger and Pearl models of causality. The transmission model of causality states that for causality to exist, there should be a flow of information from the cause to the effect. Simple example of the study on the link between circumcision and risk of HIV are used in this chapter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
Publisher	Springer London
Pages	159-169
Number of pages	11
Edition	9783319661032
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66104-9_14
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Name	Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
Number	9783319661032
ISSN (Print)	1610-3947
ISSN (Electronic)	2197-8441

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SDG 5 Gender Equality

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Management Information Systems
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Artificial Intelligence

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