%0 Report
        %A Brodeur, Abel
%A Wright, Taylor
        %T Terrorism, Immigration and Asylum Approval
        %D 2019
        %8 2019 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 12635
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12635
        %X Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks resulted in a 4 percentage points decrease in the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries are granted asylum. The estimated effect is larger for applicants who share a country of origin with the Sept. 11, 2001 attackers. These effects do not differ across judge political affiliation. Our findings provide evidence that emotions affect the decisions of judges.
        %K courts
%K crime
%K immigration
%K judicial decision
%K sentencing and terrorism