Due to concerns about college affordability, in 2011, the Department of Education began producing two annual public lists of institutions with the highest change in tuition and fees and average net price within sector (top 5% and at least US$600 increase). This study investigates the effect of this low-stakes federal accountability tool on institutional behavior. I use a frontier regression discontinuity design that investigates the effect of being included on either the tuition or net price list at the 95th percentile cutoff (restricting the sample to only include institutions with at least a US$600 increase). I find no consistent effect of list inclusion on affordability or enrollment. I also present several robustness checks that also find little consistent effect.

由于对大学负担能力的担忧，教育部于2011年开始制作两个年度公开名单，列出机构中学杂费和平均净价变化最大的机构（涨幅5％，至少增加600美元）。这项研究调查了这种低风险的联邦问责工具对制度行为的影响。我使用边界回归不连续性设计来调查在第95个百分位数截止时被纳入学费或净价表的影响（将样本限制为仅包括至少增加600美元的院校）。我发现列表包含对可负担性或入学率没有一致的影响。我还介绍了一些健壮性检查，这些检查也几乎没有发现一致的效果。