The Regression Discontinuity Design — Theory and Applications
| Title: | The Regression Discontinuity Design — Theory and Applications |
| Author: |
Lemieux, Thomas; Imbens, Guido
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| Citation: | Imbens, Guido W. and Thomas Lemieux. 2008. The regression discontinuity design — theory and applications. Special Issue, Journal of Econometrics 142, no. 2: 611-614. |
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| Abstract: | In Regression Discontinuity (RD) designs for evaluating causal effects of interventions, assignment to a treatment is determined at least partly by the value of an observed covariate lying on either side of a fixed threshold. These designs were first introduced in the evaluation literature by Thistlewaite and Campbell (1960). With the exception of a few unpublished theoretical papers, these methods did not attract much attention in the economics literature until recently. Starting in the late 1990s, there has been a large number of studies in economics applying and extending RD methods. In this paper we review some of the practical and theoretical issues involved in the implementation of RD methods. |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.05.008 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.nber.org/papers/w13039 |
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