Research Methods for Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law
Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics
David S. Lee and Thomas Lemieux
- Year
- 2010
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Literature
- Level
- Advanced
Summary
Provides a user-oriented survey of regression discontinuity designs. The article explains identification around thresholds, estimation choices, graphical analysis, and the assumptions needed to interpret local discontinuities as causal effects.
Citation
David S. Lee and Thomas Lemieux. "Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics." Journal of Economic Literature, 2010.
DOI: 10.1257/jel.48.2.281
BibTeX
@article{Lee2010Regression,
title = {Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics},
author = {David S. Lee and Thomas Lemieux},
year = {2010},
journal = {Journal of Economic Literature},
doi = {10.1257/jel.48.2.281},
url = {https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jel.48.2.281}
}