@article {643386,
	title = {Regional Data in Macroeconomics: Some Advice for Practitioners},
	journal = {Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control},
	volume = {115},
	year = {2020},
	abstract = {Cross-sectional or panel studies have joined time series techniques as an important element in empirical macroeconomists{\textquoteright} toolkit. The econometric best practices for these studies and their aggregate implications remain active topics of research. In this paper, I offer several pieces of advice for practitioners in this literature. I begin by casting regional analysis in a Rubin (1978) potential outcomes framework. Using this framework, I discuss the importance of contamination of other areas through spillovers and how to make inference about aggregate responses based on regional variation. I then turn to econometric issues including the choice of endogenous variable in a regional regression and whether or not to weight by population.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2020.103875},
	author = {Gabriel Chodorow-Reich}
}
