Regression discontinuity designs: A guide to practice Export

@article{citeulike:2195947, 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. Regression-discontinuity analysis: an alternative to the ex-post Facto experiment. Journal of Educational Psychology 51, 309-317] With the exception of a few unpublished theoretical papers, these methods did not attract much attention in the economics literature until recently.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 in implementation of RD methods.}, author = {Imbens, Guido W. and Lemieux, Thomas}, booktitle = {The regression discontinuity design: Theory and applications}, citeulike-article-id = {2195947}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.05.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VC0-4NSMMVX-3/2/d799624acdc2d9cf09347f39bf9f25cc}, doi = {10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.05.001}, journal = {Journal of Econometrics}, keywords = {econometrics}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {615--635}, posted-at = {2008-01-05 01:37:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Regression discontinuity designs: A guide to practice}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.05.001}, volume = {142}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2195947 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2195947 N2 - 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. Regression-discontinuity analysis: an alternative to the ex-post Facto experiment. Journal of Educational Psychology 51, 309-317] With the exception of a few unpublished theoretical papers, these methods did not attract much attention in the economics literature until recently.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 in implementation of RD methods. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Econometrics EP - 635 TI - Regression discontinuity designs: A guide to practice VL - 142 T2 - The regression discontinuity design: Theory and applications SP - 615 KW - econometrics AU - Imbens, Guido AU - Lemieux, Thomas PY - 2008/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.05.001 ER -