The regression discontinuity (RD) design is one of the most widely used nonexperimental
methods for causal inference and program evaluation. Over the last two decades, statistical …

Passively managed index funds now hold over 30 of US equity fund assets; this shift raises
fundamental questions about monitoring and governance. We show that, relative to active …

This chapter reviews the different roles of covariate adjustment in the regression
discontinuity (RD) literature, and to offer methodological guidance for its correct use in …

We study the private market response to the National School Lunch Program, documenting
economically meaningful spillovers to non-recipients. We focus on the Community Eligibility …

We use administrative tax data and survey responses to quantify the effect of subsidized
health insurance on rent and mortgage delinquency. We employ a regression discontinuity …

Abstract China's Western Development Strategy (WDS) has generated stark differences in
policy environments for tourism development. Considering the WDS as a quasi-natural …

This paper studies the role of moral hazard and liquidity in driving household bankruptcy.
First, I estimate that increases in potential debt forgiveness have a positive, but small, effect …

We study the effects of intensifying competition for contracts in the context of US Defense
procurement. Conceptually, opening contracts up to bids by more participants leads to lower …

In this paper we detail the entire Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) history, including
its origins in the 1960s, and its two main waves of formalization in the 1970s and 2000s …

In many applications of regression discontinuity designs, the running variable used to assign
treatment is only observed with error. We show that, provided the observed running variable …