3 papers
econ.GN2026
Journalist Ideology and the Production of News: Evidence from Movers
Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, Nicolas Longuet-Marx
What role do journalists play in determining the political slant of the news they produce? We develop and estimate a model where journalists and newspaper outlets contract over bot…
econ.GN2026
Consuming Values
Jacob Conway, Levi Boxell
We study the extent to which individuals' consumption decisions are influenced by firms' stances on controversial social issues and the implied incentives for firms to take such st…
econ.GN2019
Taxing dissent: The impact of a social media tax in Uganda
Levi Boxell, Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
We examine the impact of a new tool for suppressing the expression of dissent---a daily tax on social media use. Using a synthetic control framework, we estimate that the tax reduc…