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Red Scare? A Study of Ethnic Prejudice in the Prosecutions under the Economic Espionage Act

Fang, Hanming; Li, Ming - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We empirically test whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) engages in ethnic prejudice against Chinese in its prosecutorial decisions under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996. Using data of EEA cases from November 1996 to June 2021, we conduct Becker's outcome test for evidence of ethnic...

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An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches : Theory and Evidence

Anwar, Shamena - 2005

We propose a simple model of trooper behavior to design empirical tests for whether troopers of different races are monolithic in their search behavior, and whether they exhibit relative racial prejudice in motor vehicle searches. Our test of relative racial prejudice provides a partial solution...

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Testing for Racial Prejudice in the Parole Board Release Process : Theory and Evidence

Anwar, Shamena - 2012

We develop a model of a Parole Board contemplating whether to grant parole release to a prisoner who has finished serving their minimum sentence. The model implies a simple outcome test for racial prejudice robust to the inframarginality problem. Our test involves running simple regressions of...

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Testing for the Role of Prejudice in Emergency Departments Using Bounceback Rates

Anwar, Shamena - 2011

We propose and empirically implement a test for the presence of racial prejudice among emergency department (ED) physicians based on the bounceback rates of the patients who were discharged after receiving diagnostic tests during their initial ED visits. A bounceback is defined as a return to...

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Equilibrium Consequences of Corruption on Firms : Evidence from China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

Ding, Haoyuan - 2020

We use China's recent anti-corruption campaign as a natural experiment to examine the (market expected) equilibrium … Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on May 17, 2013 represents a significant departure of past norms of anti … influence firms. Using an event study approach and May 17, 2013 as the event date, we find that, overall, the stock market …

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Consumer Vulnerability and Behavioral Biases

Fang, Hanming - 2020

A wealth of evidence shows that individuals are biased and firms can often exploit consumers' behavioral biases in their contract designs. In this paper, we study how vulnerable biased individuals are to their own behavioral biases in market equilibrium, and focus on the role of risk aversion...

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Microinsurance, Trust and Economic Development : Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment

Cai, Hongbin - 2009

We report results from a large randomized natural field experiment conducted in southwestern China in the context of …

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Observational Learning : Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment

Cai, Hongbin - 2007

' behavior and subjective well-being in the context of restaurant dining from a randomized natural field experiment. Our …

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Inference of Bidders' Risk Attitudes in Ascending Auctions with Endogenous Entry

Fang, Hanming - 2013

Bidders' risk attitudes have key implications for choices of revenue-maximizing auction formats. In ascending auctions, bid distributions do not provide information about risk preference. We infer risk attitudes using distributions of transaction prices and participation decisions in ascending...

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An Experimental Study of Alternative Campaign Finance Systems : Donations, Elections and Policy Choices

Fang, Hanming - 2011

We experimentally study the effect of alternative campaign finance systems - as characterized by different information structure about donors - on donations, election outcomes, political candidates' policy choices, and welfare. Three alternative campaign finance systems are considered: a full...

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