Through its Food Security Project, the Directorate of Agricultural Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries maintains two publication series for results of research on food security issues. Publications under the Flash series are short (3-4 pages), carefully focused reports designed to provide timely research results on issues of great interest. Publications under the Research Pap...

Abstract Regression discontinuity designs (RDD) are increasingly being employed in agricultural and environmental economics to identify causal effects. Here, we showcase recent applications, best practices, discuss commonly invoked identifying assumptions show how these can be tested. We basic empirical issues more advanced topics, including exploit the availability of panel data, models explai...