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Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation
Campante, Filipe R.; Durante, Ruben; Sobbrio, Francesco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We investigate the causal impact of broadband Internet on political participation using data from Italy. We show that … emergence of new political entrepreneurs who used the Internet to convert the initial "exit" back into "voice". Overall, these … nuanced effects underscore the general equilibrium dynamic induced by the Internet. …
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Isolated Capital Cities, Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from US States
Campante, Filipe R.; Do, Quoc-Anh - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states, in line with the view that this isolation reduces accountability, and in contrast with the alternative hypothesis that it might forestall political capture. We then provide direct...
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Do Newspapers Serve the State? Incumbent Party Influence on the US Press, 1869-1928
Gentzkow, Matthew Aaron; Shapiro, Jesse; Petek, Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Using data from 1869 to 1928, we estimate the effect of party control of state governments on the entry, exit, circulation, prices, number of pages, and content of Republican and Democratic daily newspapers. We exploit changes over time in party control of the governorship and state legislatures...
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The Balanced U.S. Press
Snyder, James M. Snyder, Jr.; Puglisi, Riccardo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We propose a new method for measuring the relative ideological positions of newspapers, voters, interest groups, and political parties. The method uses data on ballot propositions. We exploit the fact that newspapers, parties, and interest groups take positions on these propositions, and the...
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The Effect of Newspaper Entry and Exit on Electoral Politics
Gentzkow, Matthew Aaron; Shapiro, Jesse; Sinkinson, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We use new data on entries and exits of US daily newspapers from 1869 to 2004 to estimate effects on political participation, party vote shares, and electoral competitiveness. Our identification strategy exploits the precise timing of these events and allows for the possibility of confounding...
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Press Coverage and Political Accountability
Snyder, James M. Snyder, Jr.; Strömberg, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
In this paper we estimate the impact of press coverage on citizen knowledge, politicians' actions, and policy. We find that a poor fit between newspaper markets and political districts reduces press coverage of politics. We use variation in this fit due to redistricting to identify the effects...
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Electoral Acceleration: The Effect of Minority Population on Minority Voter Turnout
Waldfogel, Joel; Oberholzer-Gee, Felix - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
Political outcomes are well understood to depend on the spatial distribution of citizen preferences. In this paper, we document that the same holds for the individual decision to be politically active. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence on turnout, we show that citizens are...
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Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?
Waldfogel, Joel; Oberholzer-Gee, Felix - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers, a globalized information and...
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Media Coverage of Political Scandals
Snyder, James M. Snyder, Jr.; Puglisi, Riccardo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
We analyze the coverage of U.S. political scandals by U.S. newspapers during the past decade. Using automatic keyword-based searches we collected data on 35 scandals and approximately 200 newspapers. We nd that Democratic-leaning newspapers -- i.e., those with a higher propensity to endorse...
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Partisan Bias in Economic News: Evidence on the Agenda-Setting Behavior of U.S. Newspapers
Snyder, James M. Snyder, Jr.; Larcinese, Valentino; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We study the agenda-setting political behavior of a large sample of U.S. newspapers during the last decade, and the behavior of smaller samples for longer time periods. Our purpose is to examine the intensity of coverage of economic issues as a function of the underlying economic conditions and...
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