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模糊断点回归设计中的偏误感知推断

Bias‐Aware Inference in Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Designs
Econometrica · 2024 · Claudia Noack、Christoph Rothe

中文摘要

我们为模糊设计中的断点回归参数提出了新的置信集(CSs)。我们的置信集基于局部线性回归,并且是偏误感知的,即它们显式地将可能的偏误纳入考量。其构造与恰好识别的工具变量模型中的Anderson–Rubin置信集具有相似性,从而避免了“delta方法”近似所引发的问题,而后者是模糊断点回归分析中大多数常用现有推断方法的基础。在具有强识别和连续运行变量的典型设定下,我们的置信集与现有方法渐近等价。然而,在广泛的其它经验相关条件下,例如离散运行变量设定、甜甜圈设计以及弱识别设定,它们同样有效。

Abstract

We propose new confidence sets (CSs) for the regression discontinuity parameter in fuzzy designs. Our CSs are based on local linear regression, and are bias‐aware, in the sense that they take possible bias explicitly into account. Their construction shares similarities with that of Anderson–Rubin CSs in exactly identified instrumental variable models, and thereby avoids issues with “delta method” approximations that underlie most commonly used existing inference methods for fuzzy regression discontinuity analysis. Our CSs are asymptotically equivalent to existing procedures in canonical settings with strong identification and a continuous running variable. However, they are also valid under a wide range of other empirically relevant conditions, such as setups with discrete running variables, donut designs, and weak identification.
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