All Outputs (6)

Covid-19 and the Media (2022)
Book Chapter
Ananyev, M., Poyker, M., & Tian, Y. (2022). Covid-19 and the Media. In K. F. Zimmermann (Ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_329-1

This chapter describes the growing literature on the effects of media on Covid-19-related outcomes. First, it discusses the papers related to traditional media. In particular, it discusses the literature that studies the effect of public messages, mi... Read More about Covid-19 and the Media.

Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices (2021)
Journal Article
Poyker, M. (2023). Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(5), 1175-1190. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01078

This paper investigates the role of national institutions on the persistence of cultural norms and traditions. In particular, I examine why the harmful tradition of fe-male genital mutilation persists in certain African countries while in others it h... Read More about Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices.

Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud? (2021)
Journal Article
Ananyev, M., & Poyker, M. (2022). Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud?. European Journal of Political Economy, 71, Article 102075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102075

What role does electoral fraud play in nondemocracies? In this paper, we offer an empirical test of a popular idea that authoritarian governments use elections to engineer overwhelming victories with electoral fraud thus deterring potential oppositio... Read More about Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud?.

The Safest Time to Fly: Pandemic Response in the Era of Fox News (2021)
Journal Article
Ananyev, M., Poyker, M., & Tian, Y. (2021). The Safest Time to Fly: Pandemic Response in the Era of Fox News. Journal of Population Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00847-0

We document a causal effect of the conservative Fox News Channel in the United States on physical distancing during COVID-19 pandemic. We measure county-level mobility covering all U.S. states and District of Columbia produced by GPS pings to 15-17 m... Read More about The Safest Time to Fly: Pandemic Response in the Era of Fox News.

Rules versus norms: How formal and informal institutions shape judicial sentencing cycles (2021)
Journal Article
Dippel, C., & Poyker, M. (2021). Rules versus norms: How formal and informal institutions shape judicial sentencing cycles. Journal of Comparative Economics, 49(3), 645-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.02.003

Existing research on electoral sentencing cycles consistently finds that elected judges levy longer sentences when they are up for re-election. However, this research finding had previously drawn exclusively on data from four states. Using newly coll... Read More about Rules versus norms: How formal and informal institutions shape judicial sentencing cycles.

Christian missions and anti-gay attitudes in Africa (2021)
Journal Article
Ananyev, M., & Poyker, M. (2021). Christian missions and anti-gay attitudes in Africa. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 184, 359-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.02.003

We argue that colonial Christian missions had a long-term impact on anti-gay attitudes in Africa. We use a geo-coded representative survey of African countries and the location of historical Christian missions to estimate a significant and economical... Read More about Christian missions and anti-gay attitudes in Africa.