Working Paper

Optimal bandwidth selection for the fuzzy regression discontinuity estimator

Authors

Yoichi Arai, Hidehiko Ichimura

Published Date

1 September 2015

Type

Working Paper (CWP49/15)

A new bandwidth selection method for the fuzzy regression discontinuity estimator is proposed. The method chooses two bandwidths simultaneously, one for each side of the cut-off point by using a criterion based on the estimated asymptotic mean square error taking into account a second-order bias term. A simulation study demonstrates the usefulness of the proposed method.