Treatment effect estimates in regression discontinuity (RD) designs are often sensitive to the choice of bandwidth and … polynomial order, the two important ingredients of widely used local regression methods. While Imbens and Kalyanaraman (2012) and … of the local regression RD estimator as the criterion to guide polynomial order selection. We show in Monte Carlo …

Treatment effect estimates in regression discontinuity (RD) designs are often sensitive to the choice of bandwidth and … polynomial order, the two important ingredients of widely used local regression methods. While Imbens and Kalyanaraman (2012) and … of the local regression RD estimator as the criterion to guide polynomial order selection. We show in Monte Carlo …

characterize a broad class of models in which a sharp "Regression Kink Design" (RKD, or RK Design) identifies a readily … interpretable treatment-on-the-treated parameter (Florens et al. (2008)). We also introduce a "fuzzy regression kink design … restrictions delivered by Lee (2008) for the regression discontinuity design. We then use a fuzzy RKD approach to study the effect …

characterize a broad class of models in which a sharp "Regression Kink Design" (RKD, or RK Design) identifies a readily … interpretable treatment-on-the-treated parameter (Florens et al. (2008)). We also introduce a "fuzzy regression kink design … restrictions delivered by Lee (2008) for the regression discontinuity design. We then use a fuzzy RKD approach to study the effect …