TY  - JOUR
CY  - Oxford
ID  - publications50041
UR  - http://tse-fr.eu/pub/130077
IS  - n° 4
A1  - Chen, Daniel L.
N2  - I document implicit egoism across 3 million sentencing decisions. In administrative data from the U.S. New Orleans District Attorney's office for 1988–1999 and Chile for 2014–2019, sentences are 8% longer and 2% longer, respectively, when the judge and defendant's first initials match. Name letter effects measure implicit self-esteem. Faced with ego threat, high self-esteem individuals punish negatively valenced targets as self-regulation. In New Orleans, effects are larger for Black defendants labeled by police as “N” rather than “B.” Consistent with recent theoretical models, Black–White sentence differences double for egoist judges, and this effect is especially pronounced among Black judges.
VL  - vol. 77
TI  - The judicial superego: Implicit egoism, internalized racism, and prejudice in three million sentencing decisions
AV  - none
EP  - 1025
Y1  - 2024/11//
PB  - Blackwell
JF  - Kyklos
SN  - 0023-5962
SP  - 1004
ER  -