prosrate budcrime 0.020 (11.01)** term -0.003 (0.31) inoffice -0.000 (0.54) appointed -0.126 (1.15) crimerate -0.009 (6.78)** murderfraction -0.000 (0.07) blackper 0.001 (1.73) pbush -0.000 (0.38) pop -0.000 (1.41) income -0.001 (3.21)** state==AR -0.007 (0.14) state==AZ -0.052 (1.15) state==CA -0.045 (1.17) state==CO -0.045 (1.08) state==CT 0.000 (.) state==DE -0.024 (0.22) state==GA 0.039 (1.00) state==HI -0.098 (1.41) state==IA -0.028 (0.80) state==ID -0.078 (2.01)* state==IL 0.005 (0.10) state==IN -0.023 (0.67) state==KS -0.000 (0.01) state==KY -0.041 (1.23) state==LA -0.021 (0.60) state==MA 0.026 (0.37) state==MD -0.078 (1.86) state==ME -0.083 (1.53) state==MI 0.015 (0.41) state==MN -0.072 (2.00)* state==MO 0.027 (0.77) state==MS -0.066 (1.22) state==MT -0.093 (2.22)* state==NC 0.012 (0.30) state==ND -0.090 (2.33)* state==NE -0.090 (2.45)* state==NH -0.068 (1.11) state==NJ 0.053 (0.47) state==NM -0.046 (0.89) state==NV -0.081 (1.49) state==NY -0.112 (3.10)** state==OH -0.092 (2.61)** state==OK -0.042 (1.08) state==OR -0.009 (0.21) state==PA -0.056 (1.55) state==RI -0.069 (0.63) state==SC 0.116 (2.31)* state==SD -0.056 (1.41) state==TN 0.031 (0.80) state==TX -0.032 (0.97) state==UT -0.002 (0.04) state==VA 0.091 (2.70)** state==VT 0.006 (0.13) state==WA -0.085 (2.13)* state==WI -0.070 (0.61) state==WV -0.115 (3.05)** state==WY -0.014 (0.33) Constant 0.252 (3.63)** Observations 1259 R-squared 0.39 Absolute value of t statistics in parentheses * significant at 5%; ** significant at 1%