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Regression discontinuity designs based on population thresholds: pitfalls and solutions
- Abstract:
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In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system, mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is above or below arbitrary population thresholds. Several papers have used a regression discontinuity design (RDD) to measure the effects of these threshold-based policies on political and economic outcomes. Using evidence from France, Germany, and Italy, we highlight two common pitfalls that arise in exploiting p...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Publisher's website
- Journal:
- IZA Discussion Papers Journal website
- Volume:
- 9553
- Publication date:
- 2015-12-01
- ISSN:
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2365-9793
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- 2017-05-04
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- Eggers etal
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- This is the author accepted manuscript following peer review version of the article. The final version is available online from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) at: http://legacy.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9553
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