Original title: Consequences of inconvenient information: evidence from sentencing disparities
Authors: Šoltés, Michal
Document type: Research reports
Year: 2022
Language: eng
Series: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, volume: 718
Abstract: Inconvenient information about the performance of public institutions may undermine public trust. In an experiment, I test how information about sentencing disparities among judges in the Czech Republic affects respondents’ perception of the judicial system. I find no effect on respondents’ declared institutional trust and willingness to rely on the formal judicial system. Instead, the information marginally increased respondents’ policy involvement: They became more likely to: (i) sign a petition that invites politicians to address the underlying issue, and (ii) consider fairness of the judicial system a more important policy issue. The increased interest in the petition was driven by mothers, who are arguably more sensitive to the particular treatment information in the presented case of a failure to pay alimony.
Keywords: information disclosure; institutional trust; performance of public institutions
Project no.: 678081

Institution: Economics Institute AS ČR (web)
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External URL: https://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp718.pdf
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0331360

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