The Decline of Evening Newspapers: Partisan Slant's Impact on Election Results

• In Event: Coverage Bias

Brief Overview

We use the national decline in evening newspapers as a instrument for changes in the partisan bias of a county's local newspapers, and use that to estimate the impact that local news bias has on voting behavior and election outcomes.

Authors

• Kevin DeLuca, Yale University

• Tyler Simko, Harvard University

• Jim Snyder, Harvard University

• BK Song, Sogang University