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The Regression Discontinuity Design

Matias D. Cattaneo, Rocio Titiunik, Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare

arXiv 10 Jun 2019 · Econometrics · publishedAnnual Review of Economics (2022) · 33 citations (OpenAlex)

arXiv:1906.04242 · PDF · DOI · OpenAlex · Extracted main text

Abstract

This handbook chapter gives an introduction to the sharp regression discontinuity design, covering identification, estimation, inference, and falsification methods.

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The works this paper leans on most, across its whole bibliography — not restricted to papers in our corpus. Ranked by composite intensity, which combines how often a work is mentioned, how many sections mention it, and how much of that falls in the main text rather than the appendix.

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2height .65ex depth -.6ex width 3em\ (2020) a)1.00064100%
3Cattaneo, M. D., Idrobo, N., and Titiunik, R (2019) A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations self0.92844100%
4Cattaneo, M. D., Titiunik, R., and Vazquez-Bare, G (2016) b), Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs under Local Randomization self0.73732100%
5Imbens, G., and Rubin, D. B (2015) Causal Inference in Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences0.73732100%
6Thistlethwaite, D. L., and Campbell, D. T (1960) Regression-discontinuity Analysis: An Alternative to the Ex-Post Facto Experiment0.73732100%
7Cattaneo, M. D., Frandsen, B., and Titiunik, R (2015) Randomization Inference in the Regression Discontinuity Design: An Application to Party Advantages in the U.S self0.69351100%
8height .65ex depth -.6ex width 3em\ (2015) a), Optimal Data-Driven Regression Discontinuity Plots0.64422100%
9height .65ex depth -.6ex width 3em\ (2020) b), Simple Local Polynomial Density Estimators0.64422100%
10Hyytinen, A., Meriläinen, J., Saarimaa, T., Toivanen, O., and Tukiai… (2018) When does regression discontinuity design work? Evidence from random election outcomes0.64422100%

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1Extrapolating Treatment Effects in Multi-Cutoff Regression Discontinuity Designs0.51121
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3A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations0.40511
4Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Designs with Multiple Cutoffs or Multiple Scores0.40511
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