Deep IV in Law - Appellate Decisions and Texts Impact Sentencing in Trial Courts (Paperback, New edition)

Do US Circuit Courts' decisions on criminal appeals influence sentence lengths imposed by US District Courts? This Element explores the use of high-dimensional instrumental variables to estimate this causal relationship. Using judge characteristics as instruments, this Element implements two-stage models on court sentencing data for the years 1991 through 2013. This Element finds that Democratic, Jewish judges tend to favor criminal defendants, while Catholic judges tend to rule against them. This Element also finds from experiments that prosecutors backlash to Circuit Court rulings while District Court judges comply. Methodologically, this Element demonstrates the applicability of deep instrumental variables to legal data.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Elements in Law, Economics and Politics
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Zhe Huang • Xinyue Zhang • Ruofan Wang • Daniel L. Chen
Dimensions:	228 x 151 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	75
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-929637-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-00-929637-X
Barcode:	9781009296373

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