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Regression Discontinuity Designs: A Guide to Practice

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Imbens, Guido, Lemieux, Thomas·2007·National Bureau of Economic Research
DOI 10.3386/w13039
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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were first introduced in the evaluation literature by Thistlewaite and Campbell (1960).With the exception of a few unpublished theoretical papers, these methods did not attract much attention in the economics literature until recently.Starting in the late 1990s, there has been a large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.

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Authors
Imbens, G., & Lemieux, T.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Published
2007-04
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10.3386/w13039
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