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Stories on corruption. How media and prosecutors influence elections

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  • Pablo Enrique Torija JimŽnez

    (Università di Padova)

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I analyse whether Attorney Generals try to influence elections by adjusting the tempo of their investigations to the electoral calendar, and whether mass media have a partisan bias and hide corruption activities of their preferred parties. For doing so, I have coded the number of articles containing the word ÒcorruptionÓ of the two main Spanish newspapers, finding significant evidence of both behaviors.

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  • Pablo Enrique Torija JimŽnez, 2011. "Stories on corruption. How media and prosecutors influence elections," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0140, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
    • Handle: RePEc:pad:wpaper:0140
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    Keywords

    Mass media; prosecutor; political economy; corruption; newspaper; Spain.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media

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