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Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India

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    • Contributors:
      New Economic School of Moscow (NSE); Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE); École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Computer Science Department [Stanford]; Stanford University; CNRS-formation Entreprise (CFE); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Toulouse School of Economics (TSE-R); Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole); Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST); ANR-17-EURE-0020,AMSE (EUR),Aix-Marseille School of Economics(2017); ANR-17-EURE-0010,CHESS,Toulouse Graduate School défis en économie et sciences sociales quantitatives(2017)
    • Publication Information:
      Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023.
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Abstract:
      We estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions in Pakistan and India from half a century of daily data. We use random case assignment and exogenous variation in fasting intensity during Ramadan due to the rotating Islamic calendar and the geographical latitude of the district courts to document the large effects of Ramadan fasting on decision-making. Our sample comprises roughly a half million cases and 10,000 judges from Pakistan and India. Ritual intensity increases Muslim judges' acquittal rates, lowers their appeal and reversal rates, and does not come at the cost of increased recidivism or heightened outgroup bias. Overall, our results indicate that the Ramadan fasting ritual followed by a billion Muslims worldwide induces more lenient decisions.
    • ISSN:
      2397-3374
    • Accession Number:
      10.1038/s41562-023-01547-3
    • Rights:
      Springer Nature TDM
    • Accession Number:
      edsair.doi.dedup.....b111a1f9140ac571a3993e9794b746d3