Code Verification - Restricted Access - Guidance by the AEA Data Editor

The following report was provided by a third party verifier, who conducted the verification on behalf of the AEA Data Editor.

Edits to run_all.do
a) Change “file name.do” to “file_name.do”
b) Change “rdabc_analysis.do” to “rd_abc_analysis.do”
Edits to rd_abc_analysis.do
a) Change ${prog_dir}sumstats.do to “{prog_dir}/sumstats.do” (add quotation marks and forward slash “/” (all platforms)

Note by DATA EDITOR: please use forward slash throughout and consistently, this works on any platform in Stata

Table 1: In the directory for logs, I did not find the file “sumstats_all.log” as it states in the readme file. I found sumstats_rdabc.log, sumstats_rd.log and sumstats_rkd.log. I was able to find all values for the variables listed under the RD Sample column in Table 1 though the section order of the output in the log file is somewhat different.
Table 2: See attached file “t2_covariates.xlsx” and the areas that are highlighted in yellow that are different from the manuscript. The differences are not numerous and are minor and do not change the interpretation. (Image provided)
Table 3: All numbers from “t3_cross_section.xlsx” match manuscript.
Table 4: See attached file “t4_heterogeneity.xlsx” and the areas that are highlighted in yellow. Differences mostly in the point estimates at the 3rd decimal place with some differences in standard errors as well.
Table 5: See attached file “t5_otherdata.xlsx” and the areas that are highlighted in yellow. Minor differences driven by sample size changes.
Table 6: All numbers in “table6.xlsx” match manuscript.
Table A.1: All numbers in “tablea1.xlsx” match manuscript.
Table A.2: All numbers in “tablea2.xlsx” match manuscript.
Table A.4: All numbers needed to match the manuscript were found in sumstats_rd.log, sumstats_rdabc.log and sumstats_rkd.log.

NOTE from AEA Data Editor: This is normally a failure - we expect to have clearly marked output enter a table.

Figures: I reviewed all the generated PDF files that contained all figures and they visually matched to the manuscript.