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Retrospective causal inference via matrix completion, with an evaluation of the effect of European integration on cross-border employment
Jason Poulos, Andrea Albanese, Andrea Mercatanti +1
We propose a method of retrospective counterfactual imputation in panel data settings with later-treated and always-treated units, but no never-treated units. We use the observed o…
A Regression Discontinuity Design for Ordinal Running Variables: Evaluating Central Bank Purchases of Corporate Bonds
Fan Li, Andrea Mercatanti, Taneli Makinen +1
Regression discontinuity (RD) is a widely used quasi-experimental design for causal inference. In the standard RD, the assignment to treatment is determined by a continuous pretrea…
Do debit cards decrease cash demand? Evidence from a causal analysis using Principal Stratification
Andrea Mercatanti, Fan Li
It has been argued that innovation in transaction technology may modify the cash holding behaviour of agents, as debit card holders may either withdraw cash from ATMs or purchase i…
Improving Inference of Gaussian Mixtures Using Auxiliary Variables
Andrea Mercatanti, Fan Li, Fabrizia Mealli
Expanding a lower-dimensional problem to a higher-dimensional space and then projecting back is often beneficial. This article rigorously investigates this perspective in the conte…
Do debit cards increase household spending? Evidence from a semiparametric causal analysis of a survey
Andrea Mercatanti, Fan Li
Motivated by recent findings in the field of consumer science, this paper evaluates the causal effect of debit cards on household consumption using population-based data from the I…