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Diego Zambiasi

Diego Zambiasi is a lecturer in economics at Newcastle University Business School. Diego is an applied microeconomist and his research focuses on the economics of crime. Prior to joining Newcastle University, he obtained a Ph.D. from University College Dublin. During his Ph.D., he visited the CLEAN Unit for the Economic Analysis of Crime at Bocconi University. He holds a MSc in Economics at the University of the Basque Country, a master’s in Economics and Management of the Public Sector from the Free University of Bolzano, and a Bachelor in Philosophy from the State University of Milan.
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How Political Campaign Rhetoric Against Drug Abuse Led to Racial Discrimination in Drug Arrests

Francesco Barilari
In new research, Francesco Barilari and Diego Zambiasi study how President Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush’s rhetoric on the War on Drugs while on the campaign trail, particularly targeting crack cocaine abuse, was enough to alter policing policy. Specifically, the authors find that increased rhetoric led to an increase in arrests of Black Americans. Their study contributes to a literature on the material impact that political rhetoric can have on policing and public policy.

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