Readings
Required
- Joshua D Angrist and Steve Pischke. Mastering ’Metrics. 2015, Ch. 4 (pp. 155-171)
- Dunning, Thad (2012), Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach, Cambridge University Press, Ch. 3
- Jacob, Robin and Pei Zhu 2012, A Practical Guide to Regression Discontinuity
- Titiunik, Rocio 2011, Incumbency Advantage in Brazil: Evidence from Municipal Mayor Elections
- Boas, Taylor C. and Hidalgo, Daniel F. 2011, Controlling the Airwaves: Incumbency Advantage and Community Radio in Brazil, American Journal of Political Science, 55:4
Additional Readings
- Joshua D Angrist and Steve Pischke. Mostly Harmless Econometrics, Ch.6
- Eggers et al (2013), On the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Estimating Electoral Effects: New Evidence from Over 40,000 Close Races
- Cattaneo, Matias D., Nicolas Idrobo and Rocio Titiunik 2018, A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Design: Volume I and II