We investigate the choice of the bandwidth for the regression discontinuity estimator. We focus on estimation by local linear regression, which was shown to have attractive properties (Porter, J. 2003, "Estimation in the Regression Discontinuity Model" (unpublished, Department of Economics,...

We investigate the choice of the bandwidth for the regression discontinuity estimator. We focus on estimation by local linear regression, which was shown to have attractive properties (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="bib23">Porter, J. 2003</xref>, "Estimation in the Regression Discontinuity Model" (unpublished, Department of Economics,...