Klein Teeselink

38 Pages Posted: 13 Aug 2022 Abstract A large literature in public economics seeks to answer whether government activity crowds out charitable donations, but the empirical evidence is mixed. To resolve this inconsistency, we consider that people base their donation decisions not only on government spending per se, but also on their support of the government. Using US tax return data, we find that support for the incumbent president crowds out charitable donations.

38 Pages Posted: Date Written: June 7, 2022 Abstract We examine high-stakes strategic choice using more than 40 years of data from the American TV game show "The Price Is Right". In every episode, contestants play the "Showcase Showdown", a sequential game of perfect information for which the optimal strategy can be found through backward induction. We find that contestants systematically deviate from the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium.

43 Pages Posted: 23 Mar 2021 Last revised: 30 Apr 2024 Date Written: March 22, 2021 Keywords: Collective Action, Black Lives Matter, Presidential Elections, Protests, IV JEL Classification: D72, J15 Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation Klein Teeselink, Bouke and Melios, Georgios, Weather to Protest: The Effect of Black Lives Matter Protests on the 2020 Presidential Election (March 22, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3809877 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3809877