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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 19/02/2026

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

The figure shows the average outcome by treatment status, at the extensive margin and at the intensive margin. The extensive margin is defined as the probability that the individual declares that they are willing to make a donation. For the subset of respondents who are willing to give, the intensive margin is defined as the amount they declare they are willing to give. The four groups are: (i) the control group (“control-“), (ii) the direct reimbursement treatment group (“direct reimburs.-“), (iii) the matching treatment group (“matching-“), and (iv) the repeal of the tax credit system treatment group (“repeal-“). The sample includes all individuals in the experiment. The authors consider separately the individuals who were shown the charitable-giving information sheet (shades of blue) and the individuals who were shown the political-giving information sheet (shades of orange). The error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.

Charitable and political donations are both eligible for tax relief in many countries. This column uses survey data from France to examine responses to different fiscal incentives for donations. The authors find that political donors are significantly less sensitive to the cost of giving than charitable donors; matching subsidies increase donation amounts both for political and charitable giving, but reduce the probability of giving to a charity; and there is substantial heterogeneity in responses to the various incentives for charitable donations depending on political preferences. The findings call into question the effectiveness of generous tax incentives for political donations, and highlight the need to carefully consider matching schemes.

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 12/01/2026

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

The figure reports the results of the estimation of an event-study model. An observation is a story*time. Standard errors are clustered at the level of the stories. The dependent variable is the share of deleted posts at date t that were already present at date 0.

Fact-checking has emerged as one of the most prominent policy tools to combat the spread of misinformation, but critics have argued that it infringes upon freedom of expression and that it has no meaningful impact on the circulation of misinformation. This column provides evidence from the field that fact-checking significantly reduces engagement with posts on Facebook rated as false and also decreases users' subsequent activity. The findings suggest that the impact of fact-checking primarily results not from Facebook’s actions to hide or demote content, but rather from users’ behavioural responses, challenging the idea that it suppresses free speech.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

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.)

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 25/11/2024

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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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 23/11/2024

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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

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