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aejpol-identification

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Use when the credibility of the causal evaluation of a policy is the bottleneck for an AEJ: Economic Policy manuscript — DID/event study, IV, RDD/bunching, or RCT of a program. Stress-tests the quasi-experimental policy-evaluation design to the AEJ: Policy bar before exhibits are finalized; it does not build the welfare mapping or write exhibits.

When to use

• DID/event study
• IV
• RDD/bunching
• RCT of a program
• Staggered policy adoption
• Eligibility thresholds
• Tax/benefit schedules
• Field experiment of a program

When not to use

• Build the welfare mapping
• Write exhibits

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