Plausibly Exogenous [1301] - Financial Sanctions (08/24/2023)
LHS Variable
U.S. criminal justice system
RHS Variable
Financial sanctions
Source of Exogenous Variation
From 2003 to 2014, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin each passed laws sharply increasing the financial obligations imposed upon conviction.
- Finlay et al. (2023), “The Impact of Criminal Financial Sanctions: A Multi-State Analysis of Survey and Administrative Data”