
This package contains replication files for "Fines and Financial Wellbeing" by Steven Mello, to be published in the Review of Economic Studies. The results in this paper are based on analyses of public data on traffic citations in Florida merged with confidential credit bureau data. This package includes all public datasets as well as instructions and code for preparing the public datasets to be merged with the credit bureau data. The README file provides instructions for obtaining the credit bureau data, which are not included in this package due to confidentiality restrictions. This package also includes instructions and code for replicating all results using the merged public and credit bureau data.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
