Design-Based Identification with Formula Instruments: A Review

Kirill Borusyak, Peter Hull and Xavier Jaravel

No 31393, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Many studies in economics use instruments or treatments which combine a set of exogenous shocks with other predetermined variables by a known formula. Examples include shift-share instruments and measures of social or spatial spillovers. We review recent econometric tools for this setting, which leverage the assignment process of the exogenous shocks and the structure of the formula for identification. We compare this design-based approach with conventional estimation strategies based on conditional unconfoundedness, and contrast it with alternative strategies that leverage a model for unobservables.

JEL-codes: C21 C26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-06
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