Research Methods for Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law
The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design Is Taking the Con out of Econometrics
Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke
- Year
- 2010
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Perspectives
- Level
- Intermediate
Summary
Describes the shift in applied economics toward research designs that make causal claims more transparent and credible. The article discusses randomized trials, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, differences-in-differences, and the importance of design-based inference for policy-relevant empirical work.
Citation
Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. "The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design Is Taking the Con out of Econometrics." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010.
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.2.3
BibTeX
@article{Angrist2010The,
title = {The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design Is Taking the Con out of Econometrics},
author = {Joshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke},
year = {2010},
journal = {Journal of Economic Perspectives},
doi = {10.1257/jep.24.2.3},
url = {https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.24.2.3}
}