Aarhus Center for Econometrics (ACE) is hosting this PhD course for PhD students and faculty at Department of Economics and Business Economics.

Contents

This two-day short course offers an introduction to the state-of-the-art methods for analysis of regression discontinuity (RD) and Boundary Discontinuity (BD) designs. It covers theory, methodology, and empirical practice.

Lecturer

Matias Cattaneo, Princeton University, cattaneo@princeton.edu

Programme

Thursday 21 May: RD Designs

• 13.15 – 14.00 Introduction
• 14.00 – 14.15 Coffee break
• 14.15 – 15.00 Continuity-Based Methods
• 15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
• 15.15 – 16.00 Falsification Methods

Friday 22 May: BD Designs

• 13.15 – 14.00 Introduction
• 14.00 – 14.15 Coffee break
• 14.15 – 15.00 Pooling-based Methods
• 15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
• 15.15 – 16.00 Location-based and Distance-based Methods

Credits

0 ECTS, no exam or coursework

Registration 

By email to sch@econ.au.dk no later than 18 May 2026. 

Contact

Academic: G. Stefán Guðmundsson, gsgudmundsson@econ.au.dk 
Administrative: Susanne Christensen, sch@econ.au.dk