Group-Level Racial Diversity and Individual Decisions: Evidence from a Criminal Sentencing Decision Experiment

• In Event: CwC Experiments and Political Elites: Workshop: Research Designs I

Brief Overview

We propose an experimental test of the relationship between racial diversity and judging in criminal cases. We manipulate racial diversity within subjects’ group of “colleagues” and the level of pressure they feel not to appear discriminatory.

Authors

• Allison P. Harris, Yale University

• Amir Shawn Fairdosi, Penn State University