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jue-robustness

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Use when a Journal of Urban Economics (JUE) manuscript's headline spatial estimate must be shown to survive specification, spatial-scale, sorting, spillover, and inference choices before submission or in an R&R. Builds the spatially-aware robustness suite a JUE referee expects; it does not establish the identification (jue-identification) or format the maps (jue-tables-figures).

When to use

• showing spatial estimates survive specification choices
• addressing modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP)
• testing sensitivity to boundary and buffer radii
• checking for spatial sorting and selection
• estimating spillover rings and SUTVA violations
• stress-testing inference for spatial dependence
• controlling for geographic confounders and local trends
• creating specification curves over scale and fixed effects

When not to use

• establishing identification
• formatting maps

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