Even when strategic manipulation makes the running variable jump at the cutoff, the treatment effect can be recovered by subtracting the placebo outcome's discontinuity, weighted by a local instrumental variable estimate, from the usual RDD estimate.
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Placebo Discontinuity Design
Even when strategic manipulation makes the running variable jump at the cutoff, the treatment effect can be recovered by subtracting the placebo outcome's discontinuity, weighted by a local instrumental variable estimate, from the usual RDD estimate.