An Alternative Test of Racial Prejudice in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
提出一个模型来设计实证检验，判断不同种族的警察在搜查行为上是否一致，以及是否存在相对种族偏见。利用佛罗里达州数据，检验结果否定了行为一致的假设，但未发现相对种族偏见的证据。
We propose a simple model of trooper behavior to design empirical tests for whether troopers of different races are monolithic in their search behavior, and whether they exhibit relative racial prejudice in motor vehicle searches. Our test of relative racial prejudice provides a partial solution to the well-known inframarginality and omitted-variables problems associated with outcome tests. When applied to a unique dataset from Florida, our tests soundly reject the hypothesis that troopers of different races are monolithic in their search behavior, but the tests fail to reject the hypothesis that troopers of different races do not exhibit relative racial prejudice.