Plausibly Exogenous [1888] - Deregulation (04/04/2025)

LHS Variable
Audit outcome

RHS Variable
Regulation

Source of Exogenous Variation
Major deregulatory reform that raised the threshold and exempted nearly 10% of awards from auditing

- Hajda, Kalmenovitz, and Xu (2025), “Contagious Deregulation”