Erikson, Robert S.; Snyder Jr. , James M.; Folke, Olle - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
It is commonly argued in the media that a presidential candidate will be helped in a state by having a governor of the same party in office. However, there is little research to support this claim. To address this question we use a regression discontinuity design. The basic idea behind this is...