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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) |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2017
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| Online Access: | PDF Full Text |
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| Summary: | 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 control groups. Focusing on violent and property crime (as these domains were most likely to be affected by the marked differences in TV content), we find that in the post-reunification decade in which TV content was harmonized, regions that had access to Western TV broadcasts prior to the reunification experienced lower rates of violent crime, sex crime, and theft, but more fraud. |
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| Physical Description: | 33 Pages |
| ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
| DOI: | 10.17192/es2024.0465 |