A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations

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Title A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Foundations
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Matias D. Cattaneo
By (author) Nicolas Idrobo
By (author) Rocio Titiunik
SeriesElements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:120
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153
Category/GenreEconometrics
ISBN/Barcode 9781108710206
ClassificationsDewey:330.015195
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 7 Tables, black and white; 21 Plates, color; 1 Halftones, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 February 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this Element and its accompanying second Element, A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Extensions, Matias Cattaneo, Nicolas Idrobo, and Rociio Titiunik provide an accessible and practical guide for the analysis and interpretation of regression discontinuity (RD) designs that encourages the use of a common set of practices and facilitates the accumulation of RD-based empirical evidence. In this Element, the authors discuss the foundations of the canonical Sharp RD design, which has the following features: (i) the score is continuously distributed and has only one dimension, (ii) there is only one cutoff, and (iii) compliance with the treatment assignment is perfect. In the second Element, the authors discuss practical and conceptual extensions to this basic RD setup.