Using data on roughly half a million cases and 10,000 judges from Pakistan and India, Mehmood et al. estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions. 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 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, Ramadan versus non-Ramadan months for Muslim and non-Muslim judges in India. We observe a sharp and statistically significant increase in acquittals for Muslim judges in Ramadan, w. ile no corresponding change during Ramadan is observed for non-Muslim judges. The estimates imply that acquittal verdicts ar. We estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions for Pakistan and India from half a century of daily data. We use random case assignment and exogenous variation in fasting intensity within Ramadan due to the rotating Islamic calendar and the geographical latitude of the district courts to document the large This study explores the influence of Ramadan, a prominent Islamic ritual, on judicial leniency and decision quality. Using a dataset spanning 50 years of criminal sentencing in India and Pakistan, this research examines whether the fasting and reflection inherent in Ramadan affect judicial adjudication. 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 Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India By 1*Sultan Mehmood , Avner Seror 2 and Daniel L. Chen 3 ABSTRACT : We estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal Using data on roughly half a million cases and 10,000 judges from Pakistan and India, Mehmood et al. estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions. They find that fasting increases judicial leniency and reduces reversals of decisions in higher courts. 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. Request PDF | Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India | We estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions in Pakistan and India Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges The impact of Ramadan hours in Pakistan. Impact of Ramadan for Muslim versus non-Muslim judges in India— 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. Nature Human Behaviour - Author Correction: Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India nature human behaviour Volume 7 | June 2023 | 1018 | 1018 orretion amenment Author Correction: Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India Sultan Mehmood , Avner Seror Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges The impact of Ramadan hours in Pakistan. Impact of Ramadan for Muslim versus non-Muslim judges in India— Sultan Mehmood, Avner Seror, and Daniel L. Chen, “ Ramadan Fasting Increases Judicial Leniency in Judges from Pakistan and India ”, TSE Working Paper, n. 22-1393, November 2022, revised March 2023. Reference. Sultan Mehmood, Avner Seror, and Daniel L. Chen, “ Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India ”, Nature Working Paper: Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India (2023) This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Downloadable! Using data on roughly half a million cases and 10,000 judges from Pakistan and India, Mehmood et al. estimate the impact of the Ramadan fasting ritual on criminal sentencing decisions. They find that fasting increases judicial leniency and reduces reversals of decisions in higher courts. Author Correction: Ramadan fasting increases leniency in judges from Pakistan and India
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