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OverviewDo 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zhe Huang (Tufts University, Massachusetts) , Xinyue Zhang , Ruofan Wang , Daniel L. ChenPublisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.090kg ISBN: 9781009296373ISBN 10: 100929637 Pages: 75 Publication Date: 25 August 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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