Media, Political economy and Development Eliana La Ferrara University of Oslo - April 2018 I. Media bias Political Influence on Media o McMillan, John and Pablo Zoido (2004) “How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 18(4): pp. 69-92. Media Bias and Voting o Gentzkow, Matthew and Jesse M. Shapiro (2006) “Media Bias and Reputation,” Journal of Political Economy 114(2): pp. 280-316. o DellaVigna, Stefano and Ethan Kaplan (2007) “The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(3): pp. 1187-1234. o Enikolopov, Ruben, Maria Petrova and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (2011) “Media and Political Persuasion: Evidence from Russia,” American Economic Review, 101: pp. 3253- 3285. o Durante, Ruben and Brian Knight (2012) “Partisan Control, Media Bias, and Viewer Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi’s Italy,” Journal of the European Economic Association 10(3): pp. 451-481. Measuring bias o Groseclose, Tim and Jeffrey Milyo (2005) “A Measure of Media Bias,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(4): pp. 1191-1237. o Gentzkow, Matthew and Jesse M. Shapiro (2010) “What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers,” Econometrica 78(1): pp. 35-71. o Larcinese, V. R. Puglisi and J. Snyder (2011), “Partisan Bias in Economic News: Evidence on the Agenda-Setting Behavior of U.S. Newspapers”, Journal of Public Economics, 95, 1178-1189. II. Media’s impact on policy Accountability o Besley, T. and R. Burgess (2002), “The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), pp. 1415-1451 o Strömberg , D. (2004), “Radio’s impact on public spending”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(1), pp. 189-221 o Snyder, James M. Jr. and David Stromberg (2010) “Press Coverage and Political Accountability,” Journal of Political Economy, 118(2): pp. 355-408. o Eisensee, Thomas and David Stromberg (2007) “News Droughts, News Floods, and U.S. Disaster Relief,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(2): pp. 693-728. Media, advertising and distortions o Reuter J, Zitzewitz E (2006), “Do ads influence editors? Advertising and bias in the financial media,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(1):197—227. o Di Tella, Rafael and Ignacio Franceschelli (2011), “Government Advertising and Media Coverage of Corruption Scandals,” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(4), 119–151. o DellaVigna, S., Durante, R., Knight, B. and E. La Ferrara (2016), “Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy”, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(1), 224-56. III. Entertainment media Political impacts o Durante, R., P. Pinotti and A. Tesei (2015), “The political legacy of entertainment media”, mimeo, Bocconi University o Chong, A., C. Ferraz, F. Finan, E. La Ferrara and L. Meloni (2016), “News vs. Novelas: Can Entertainment Media Undermine Dictatorships?”, mimeo, Bocconi University Social impacts o La Ferrara, E., A. Chong, and S. Duryea (2012), “Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 4(4): 1-31. o Jensen, R. And E. Oster (2009), “The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124 (3): 1057-1094. o Kearney, M. And P. Levine (2015), “Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16 and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing”, American Economic Review, 105(12), pp. 3597-3632. o Banerjee, A., E. La Ferrara and V. Orozco (2017), “The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change”, mimeo, Bocconi University and MIT. IV. Social media Political impacts o Manacorda, M. and A. Tesei (2016), “Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa”, mimeo, Queen Mary University. o Enikolopov, R., A. Makarin and M. Petrova (2016), “Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia”, mimeo, New Economic School. o Fergusson, L. and C. Molina (2018), “Facebook causes protests”, mimeo, Universidad de los Andes .