This paper explores the causal influence of Western television programming on crime rates. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in which only geography and topography determined the allocation of individuals to treatment...

This paper explores the causal influence of access to Western television programming on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic in which only geography and topography determined the allocation of individuals to...

This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic. Focusing on federal and state election outcomes in the post-reunification decade (i.e., a time at which TV...

In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts dargestellt, in dem der kausale Einfluss von Westfernsehempfang auf das Wahlverhalten in Sachsen untersucht wird. Dabei wird ein „natürliches Experiment“ ausgenutzt. Vor der Wiedervereinigung gab es in Ostdeutschland Regionen...

This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic. Focusing on federal and state election outcomes in the post-reunification decade (i.e., a time at which TV...

This paper explores the causal influence of Western television programming on crime rates. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in which only geography and topography determined the allocation of individuals to treatment...

This paper explores the causal influence of access to Western television programming on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic in which only geography and topography determined the allocation of individuals to...

This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic. Focusing on federal and state election outcomes in the post-reunification decade (i.e., a time at which TV...

In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts dargestellt, in dem der kausale Einfluss von Westfernsehempfang auf das Wahlverhalten in Sachsen untersucht wird. Dabei wird ein „natürliches Experiment“ ausgenutzt. Vor der Wiedervereinigung gab es in Ostdeutschland Regionen...