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Testing Rank Similarity

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  • Brigham R. Frandsen

    (Brigham Young University)

  • Lars J. Lefgren

    (Brigham Young University)

Abstract

We introduce a test of the rank invariance or rank similarity assumption common in treatment effects and instrumental variables models. The test probes the implication that the conditional distribution of ranks should be identical across treatment states using a regression-based test statistic. We apply the test to data from the Tennessee STAR class-size reduction experiment and show that systematic slippages in rank can be important statistically and economically.

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  • Brigham R. Frandsen & Lars J. Lefgren, 2018. "Testing Rank Similarity," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 100(1), pages 86-91, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:100:y:2018:i:1:p:86-91
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