Impact of Attrition on Event Studies of Presidential Approval
Image credit: David Strickler via UnsplashAbstract
Do irrelevant events cause voters to change their evaluations of incumbent politicians? I present results summarizing a replication analysis of Busby et al. (2017). Results indicate that attrition in before/after event studies of public opinion results in biased average treatement effect (ATE) estimates.
Date
May 2, 2019
Event
Elections Course Presentation
Location
Columbia University
David C. Simpson
Political Science Doctoral Candidate
My research interests include Congressional politics, fiscal federalism and institutional inequity.