Geographic difference-in-discontinuities
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A recent econometric literature has critiqued the use of regression discontinuities where administrative borders serve as the ‘cutoff’. Identification in this context is difficult since multiple treatments can change at the cut-off and individuals can easily sort on either side of the border. This note extends the difference-in-discontinuities framework discussed in Grembi et al. (2016) to a geographic setting. This paper formalizes the identifying assumptions in this context, which will allow for the removal of time-invariant sorting and multiple treatments similar to the difference-in-differences methodology.
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- Authors
- Butts, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Corresponding author
- Butts, Kyle
- ORCID
- Butts, Kyle
- Venue
- Applied Economics Letters
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-11-23
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 615-619
- ISSN
- 1350-4851 (ISSN-L)
- 1466-4291
- OpenAlex
- W3200597923
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 3.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Applied Economics Letters (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (cc-by)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Keywords
- regression discontinuity design, administrative boundaries, identification, multiple treatments, causal inference
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