uncover and prevent corruption, and take sanctions against it, 2. business and political interests might hinder the media …’s effective anti-corruption activities; 3. the media are able to influence the social judgement of the extent and frequency of … corruption. The study proposes to investigate, with empirical research, the links between the level of corruption, its media …

This paper studies how media and the quality of institutions affect government action taken before and after a natural … disaster. The key elements in this relationship are the media's role as the provider of information to voters about government … of government action. Provided that more media activity is focused on post-disaster government action, we show that more …

This paper develops a new insight enabling the empirical study of media capture: minority shareholders of newspapers …

Abstract:Free media may not favor political accountability when other democratic institutions are weak,and may even … coercion to obtain votes. A media scandal thatexposes these candidates increases their coercion effort to offset the negative … direct test of the effects of media exposure, we compare tainted candidates exposed before elections to those exposed after …

This paper examines the role of mass media in countering special interest group influence. I use the concentration of … 2002, and compare the reaction of voters to increases in concentration in two different types of media markets - in …-state media markets and out-of-state media markets. Unlike in-state media markets, out-of-state markets focus on neighboring …

Free media may not favor political accountability when other democratic institutions are weak, and may even bring … obtain votes. A media scandal that exposes these candidates increases their coercion effort to offset the negative popularity … effects of media exposure, we compare tainted candidates exposed before elections to those exposed after. We find that those …