// ECON-626 2019 // RD ACTIVITY // POSSIBLE ANSWERS // OWEN OZIER // 1 reg secondary jump test intTestJump if abs(test)<0.8, vce(cluster test) // this agrees with the paper // 2 rdrobust secondary test rd secondary test // smaller bandwidth: 0.36 or 0.37 rather than 0.8 on either side. // this shows a larger effect, identified from the locally different slope // on the left side of the cutoff that would be smoothed out with a larger // bandwidth (and weighted with the triangular rather than rectangular kernel). // 3 rdplot secondary test // this shows the pattern discussed above // 4 rd secondary test, k(rect) bw(0.8) reg secondary jump test intTestJump if abs(test)<0.8, r // the results agree // 5 reg rv jump test intTestJump if abs(test)<0.8, vce(cluster test) rd rv test rdplot rv test // again it looks like the automatically selected bandwidth // is smaller. a similar pattern as seen before: the effect // estimated in the smaller bandwidth is larger. // 6 ivregress 2sls rv (secondary=jump) test intTestJump female if abs(test)<0.8, vce(cluster test) // this lines up with the paper. // 7 rd rv secondary test // again a larger effect. read the "lwald" line, which is "numer" divided by "denom." // not as pronounced with twice the automatically selected bandwidth - reading from the "lwald200" line.