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Vorada Limjaroenrat

@voradalim.bsky.social
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Econ PhD candidate at the University of Gothenburg | Applied Micro: Political, Development, Labor, Law sites.google.com/view/voradalimjaro…

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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
6️⃣ These changes, however, may undermine the rule of law: ⚖️ while severe drugs & political unrest receive harsher punishment, malfeasance in office by politicians and officials received more favorable treatment.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
5️⃣ The effect does not kicks in until the period of extra-monitoring and the result was driven by judges who were lenient pre-reform.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
4️⃣ Using DID, I find that monitoring has *huge* effect on judges’ behavior. 🕵️‍♀️ Monitored cases received significantly longer prison sentences post-reform.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
3️⃣ I collected and transcribed 100k+ Thai court cases and linked with individual registry data.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
2️⃣ I study this question from the context of Thailand. 💡Using a constitutional reform by a military government which mandates a set of cases (at the suboffense-by-region level) to be monitored by supervising judges before judgment delivery.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
1️⃣ Governments often intervene in the court process to consolidate political power. But what happens when judges are monitored? 🤔 ⚖️ How does monitoring of judges affect efficiency and equity in the criminal justice system?
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🚨 Excited to share my #EconJMP! 🚨 "Courtroom Surveillance: Evidence from a State Intervention in the Courts" 📄 Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1i8-T... Here’s a summary ⬇️
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MonitoringJudges_Vorada.pdf
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
4️⃣ Using DID, I find that monitoring has *huge* effect on judges’ behavior. 🕵️‍♀️ Monitored cases received significantly longer prison sentences post-reform.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
3️⃣ I collected and transcribed 100k+ Thai court cases and linked with individual registry data.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
2️⃣ I study this question from the context of Thailand. 💡Using a constitutional reform by a military government which mandates a set of cases (at the suboffense-by-region level) to be monitored by supervising judges before judgment delivery.
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Vorada Limjaroenrat @voradalim.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
1️⃣ Governments often intervene in the court process to consolidate political power. But what happens when judges are monitored? 🤔 ⚖️ How does monitoring of judges affect efficiency and equity in the criminal justice system?
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