The effect of Western TV on crime: Evidence form East Germany

This paper explores the causal influence ofWestern 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 and co...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 10-2017)
Main Authors: Friehe, Tim, Müller, Helge, Neumeier, Florian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017
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