J Cage, M Guillot & @yuchenhuang.bsky.social examine responses to fiscal incentives for donations. Political donors are less sensitive to the cost of giving than charitable donors, calling into question the effectiveness of tax incentives for political donations. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Julia Cage, @gallon.bsky.social, Emeric Henry, & @yuchenhuang.bsky.social provide evidence that fact-checking significantly reduced engagement with posts on Facebook rated as false and also decreases users' subsequent activity. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Are we facing the return of "inheritocracy"? @morellisal.bsky.social, whose research was cited by The Economist in a recent article on inherited wealth, discusses the rising importance of inheritance and potential solutions for the negative effects of the Great Wealth Transfer. bit.ly/3R5B2z5

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act - banned immigration from China - reduced number of Chinese workers of all skill levels - reduced labor supply & quality of jobs of U.S. workers - reduced manufacturing output - slowed economic growth until at least 1940 nber.org/papers/w33019 (Nancy Qian is amazing.)

Does the Chinese public support the redistribution of wealth gained through economic reforms? Read the new WP by Margot Belguise, Nora Yuqian Chen, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/ref... #EconSky

The fall of Northvolt - from Europe's battery champion to bankruptcy - shows the harsh realities of competing with China in battery manufacturing. 1/

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An incentivized redistribution experiment with university students in China and France reveals differences in the way merit- and luck-based inequalities are perceived. Read the WP by Margot Belguise, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & GC Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social. #econsky bit.ly/4fQ1DLp