scholarly journals Do Merger Policies Increase University Efficiency? Evidence From A Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Agasisti ◽  
Alexey Egorov ◽  
Margarita Maximova
Keyword(s):  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Fuzzy Regression ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

scholarly journals Place-Based Policies and the Housing Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans R. A. Koster ◽  
Jos van Ommeren
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Fuzzy Regression ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

We study the economic effects of place-based policies in the housing market, by investigating the effects of a place-based program on prices of surrounding owner-occupied properties. The program improved the quality of public housing in 83 impoverished neighborhoods throughout the Netherlands. We combine a first-difference approach with a fuzzy regression-discontinuity design to address the fundamental issue that these neighborhoods are endogenously treated. Improvements in public housing induced surrounding housing prices to increase by 3.5%. The program's external benefits are sizable and at least half of the value of investments in public housing.

scholarly journals Does education decrease Euroscepticism? A regression discontinuity design using compulsory schooling reforms in four European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sander Kunst ◽  
Theresa Kuhn ◽  
Herman G van de Werfhorst
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Fuzzy Regression ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
The Impact

Previous research shows a strong and consistent relationship between educational attainment and Euroscepticism. As a result, education is considered to be a powerful predictor of attitudes towards European integration. However, these findings are predominantly found using cross-sectional research designs, therefore leaving open the possibility of strong selection effects due to pre-adult experiences and dispositions which both explain educational attainment and political attitudes. To test whether schooling causally reduces Euroscepticism, this article combines data on the compulsory schooling age with seven rounds of pooled European Social Survey data (2002–2014). Using compulsory schooling reforms within a ‘fuzzy’ regression discontinuity design, the results indicate no conclusive effect of education on Euroscepticism, questioning the impact of additional schooling. Consequently, this study provides a novel insight into the much-debated divide in support for European integration between lower and higher educated.

scholarly journals Regional Transfer Multipliers

2018 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1901-1934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Corbi ◽  
Elias Papaioannou ◽  
Paolo Surico
Keyword(s):  
Regression Discontinuity ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Fuzzy Regression ◽  
Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Allocation Mechanism ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
Income Multiplier ◽  
Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

Abstract A series of discontinuities in the allocation mechanism of federal transfers to municipal governments in Brazil allow us to identify the causal effect of public spending on local labour markets, using a “fuzzy” Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD). Our estimates imply a cost per job of about 8,000 US dollars per year and a local income multiplier around two. The effect comes mostly from employment in services and is more pronounced among less financially developed municipalities.

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