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econ.EM2024
Testing the Fairness-Accuracy Improvability of Algorithms
Eric Auerbach, Annie Liang, Kyohei Okumura +1
Many organizations use algorithms that have a disparate impact, i.e., the benefits or harms of the algorithm fall disproportionately on certain social groups. Addressing an algorit…
econ.EM2024
Regression Discontinuity Design with Spillovers
Eric Auerbach, Yong Cai, Ahnaf Rafi
This paper studies regression discontinuity designs (RDD) when linear-in-means spillovers occur between units that are close in their running variable. We show that the RDD estiman…
econ.EM2024
Exposure effects are not automatically useful for policymaking
Eric Auerbach, Jonathan Auerbach, Max Tabord-Meehan
We thank Savje (2023) for a thought-provoking article and appreciate the opportunity to share our perspective as social scientists. In his article, Savje recommends misspecified ex…