Chapter 2. The Experimental Ideal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES vii
4. TABLES ix
5. PREFACE xi
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
7. ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK xvii
8. Part I. Preliminaries
9. Chapter 1. Questions about Questions 3
10. Chapter 2. The Experimental Ideal 11
11. Part II. The Core
12. Chapter 3. Making Regression Make Sense 27
13. Chapter 4. Instrumental Variables in Action: Sometimes You Get What You Need 113
14. Chapter 5. Parallel Worlds: Fixed Effects, Differences-in-Differences, and Panel Data 221
15. Part III. Extensions
16. Chapter 6. Getting a Little Jumpy: Regression Discontinuity Designs 251
17. Chapter 7. Quantile Regression 269
18. Chapter 8. Nonstandard Standard Error Issues 293
19. LAST WORDS 327
20. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 329
21. EMPIRICAL STUDIES INDEX 335
22. REFERENCES 339
23. INDEX 361