Replication data for: The Judge, the Politician, and the Press: Newspaper Coverage and Criminal Sentencing across Electoral Systems
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Claire S. H. Lim; James M., Jr. Snyder; David Strömberg
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Project Citation:
Lim, Claire S. H., Snyder, James M., Jr., and Strömberg, David. Replication data for: The Judge, the Politician, and the Press: Newspaper Coverage and Criminal Sentencing across Electoral Systems. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113609V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We study how media environments interact with political institutions
that structure the accountability of public officials. Specifically, we
quantify media influence on the behavior of US state court judges.
We analyze around 1.5 million criminal sentencing decisions from
1986 to 2006 and new data on the newspaper coverage of 9,828 trial
court judges. Since newspaper coverage is endogenous, we use the
match between newspaper markets and judicial districts to identify
effects. We find that newspaper coverage significantly increases
sentence length by nonpartisan elected judges for violent crimes.
For partisan elected and appointed judges, there are no significant
effects. (JEL D72, H76, K41, L82)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
K41 Litigation Process
L82 Entertainment; Media
D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
K41 Litigation Process
L82 Entertainment; Media
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