Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. Using survey data collected immediately after Koizumi's 2005 … landslide electoral victory, this study empirically assesses the influence of television (TV) and newspapers on individuals … newspapers only slightly correlates with men's support for Koizumi.. Our study's results suggest that compared to a political …

access to West German TV within the German Democratic Republic. Focusing on federal and state election outcomes in the post …

accountability of politicians. We study this in the context of Canada, where until 1958, competition in television markets was … suppressed-Canadians received either public or private television content, but never both. While public television provided … national-level informational content, private television content was distinctly local and more politically relevant to voters …

Can television have a mitigating effect on xenophobia? To examine this question, we exploit the fact that individuals … in some areas of East Germany - due to their geographic location - could not receive West German television until 1989 …. We conjecture that individuals who received West German television were exposed more frequently to foreigners and thus …

contrast, the reigns are loosened during off-election periods to allow the media's credibility to be rebuilt. This dynamic …

We develop a tractable theory to study the impact of biased media on election outcomes, voter turnout and welfare. News … elections, the former determines the election outcome, whereas the latter drives voter turnout. With a single media outlet, a … rise in media bias affects the election outcome in a non-monotonic way, and reduces voter welfare by decreasing the …