Mostly harmless econometrics : an empiricist's companion

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK -- Part I. Preliminaries -- Chapter 1. Questions about Questions -- Chapter 2. The Experimental Ideal -- Part II. The Core -- Chapter 3. Making Regression Make Sense -- Chapter 4. Instrumental Variables in Action: Sometimes You Get What You Need -- Chapter 5. Parallel Worlds: Fixed Effects, Differences-in-Differences, and Panel Data -- Part III. Extensions -- Chapter 6. Getting a Little Jumpy: Regression Discontinuity Designs -- Chapter 7. Quantile Regression -- Chapter 8. Nonstandard Standard Error Issues -- LAST WORDS -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- EMPIRICAL STUDIES INDEX -- REFERENCES -- INDEX