Estimation of discontinuities is pervasive in applied economics: from the study of sheepskin effects to prospect theory and bunching of reported income on tax returns, models that predict discontinuit
In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system, mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is above or below arbit
When the running variable in a regression discontinuity (RD) design is measured with error, identification of the local average treatment effect of interest will typically fail. While the form of this
