Rdrobust: An R package for robust nonparametric inference in regression-discontinuity designs

R Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-51

  Calonico, Sebastian ^a   Cattaneo, Matias D ^b   Titiunik, Rocío ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84934762493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32614/rj-2015-004     Document Type: Article

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