Indirect effects and causal inference: reconsidering regression discontinuity

The Empirical Content of Spatial Spillovers: Identification Issues

“…This allows them to define and identify non-parametrically estimands for the direct and indirect effects. Cornwall & Sauley (2021) also consider the question of spatial spillovers in regression discontinuity design. Their approach consists in residualizing the outcome by applying a spatial Durbin model and then proceeding with the RDD usual estimates.…”