This paper analyzes the short-term impact of the lockdown policies implemented to stop the spread of the COVID-19 on the Ecuadorian financial system. We use a regression discontinuity in time (RDiT) design jointly with official data. Results show an overall decrease in total deposits (-3.4%) as...

This document evaluates the impact of electricity subsidies on electricity consumption in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. To do this, this paper uses a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) to estimate the impact of the social tariff coverage policy on household electricity expenditure....