2 papers
econ.EM2025
Optimal estimation for regression discontinuity design with binary outcomes
Takuya Ishihara, Masayuki Sawada, Kohei Yata
We develop a finite-sample optimal estimator for regression discontinuity design when the outcomes are bounded, including binary outcomes as the leading case. Our estimator achieve…
econ.EM2025
Optimal Decision Rules Under Partial Identification
Kohei Yata
I consider a class of statistical decision problems in which the policymaker must decide between two policies to maximize social welfare (e.g., the population mean of an outcome) b…