Replication data for: The Judge, the Politician, and the Press: Newspaper Coverage and Criminal Sentencing across Electoral Systems

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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: 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:
      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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