Replication data for: An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Shamena Anwar; Hanming Fang

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Project Citation: 

Anwar, Shamena, and Fang, Hanming. Replication data for: An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116079V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We propose a simple model of trooper behavior to design empirical tests for whether troopers of different races are monolithic in their search behavior, and whether they exhibit relative racial prejudice in motor vehicle searches. Our test of relative racial prejudice provides a partial solution to the well-known infra-marginality and omitted-variables problems associated with outcome tests. When applied to a unique dataset from Florida, our tests soundly reject the hypothesis that troopers of different races are monolithic in their search behavior, but the tests fail to reject the hypothesis that troopers of different races do not exhibit relative racial prejudice.

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JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law


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