We study media coverage of the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal by using a difference-in-differences methodology which is closely related to previous research on the US press of Larcinese et al. (2011) and Puglisi and Snyder (2011a). Our conclusion is that personal characteristics explain press coverage, ceteris paribus, better than partisan affiliation. In particular, we uncover a systematic unfavourable treatment of female MPs.

Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet? – Examining Newspaper Coverage Bias during the 2009 MPs Expenses Scandal

LARCINESE, VALENTINO;
2014

Abstract

We study media coverage of the 2009 MPs' expenses scandal by using a difference-in-differences methodology which is closely related to previous research on the US press of Larcinese et al. (2011) and Puglisi and Snyder (2011a). Our conclusion is that personal characteristics explain press coverage, ceteris paribus, better than partisan affiliation. In particular, we uncover a systematic unfavourable treatment of female MPs.
2014
9781137034540
Jennifer vanHeerde-Hudson
The political cost of the 2009 British MPs' expenses scandal
Larcinese, Valentino; Sircar, Indraneel
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