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要 旨
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Does prosocial television reduce safety concerns? Using daily municipal-level data
before and after broadcasts of the Polish crime drama Ojciec Mateusz (Father
Matthew), we exploit distance from Sandomierz, the town where the show is set, as
a source of variation in the psychological salience of the broadcast. Reported safety
concerns decline near Sandomierz the day after a broadcast, with the effect fading
with distance. The effect is driven by low-violence episodes and police-substantiated
reports, consistent with the show’s prosocial content improving actual safety.
.(JEL Classification:K42, L82)
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