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dc.contributor.authorAde, Florianen
dc.contributor.authorFreier, Ronnyen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-10-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T15:02:49Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-15T15:02:49Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55302-
dc.description.abstractA recent literature has used variation just around deterministic legislative population thresholds to identify the causal effects of institutional changes. This paper reviews the use of regression discontinuity designs using such population thresholds. Our concern involves three arguments: (1) simultaneous exogenous (co-)treatment, (2) simultaneous endogenous choices and (3) manipulation and precise control over population measures. Revisiting the study by Egger and Koethenbuerger (2010), who analyse the relationship between council size and government spending, we present new evidence that these three concerns do matter for causal analysis. Our results suggest that empirical designs using population thresholds are only to be used with utmost care and confidence in the precise institutional setting.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x1136en
dc.subject.jelC2en
dc.subject.jelD7en
dc.subject.jelH7en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordregression discontinuity designen
dc.subject.keywordpopulation thresholdsen
dc.subject.keywordlocal electionsen
dc.subject.keywordgovernment spendingen
dc.subject.stwBevölkerungsentwicklungen
dc.subject.stwRegressionen
dc.subject.stwKommunalwahlen
dc.subject.stwÖffentliche Ausgabenen
dc.subject.stwBevölkerungsdichteen
dc.titleWhen can we trust population thresholds in regression discontinuity designs?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn685087662en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1136en

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