Political Campaigns and Church Contributions

Working Paper No. 24374 We combine a new dataset of weekly Catholic church donations with a new dataset of presidential-election campaign stops to explore the impact of stops on donations. We find that stops increase donations, with a campaign stop generating 2 percent more donations in the followin...

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Published in:NBER Working Paper Series 2018-03, p.24374
Main Authors: Hungerman, Daniel M, Rinz, Kevin, Weninger, Tim, Yoon, Chungeun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Donations
Economic theory
Political campaigns
Presidential elections
Religious organizations
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Summary:Working Paper No. 24374 We combine a new dataset of weekly Catholic church donations with a new dataset of presidential-election campaign stops to explore the impact of stops on donations. We find that stops increase donations, with a campaign stop generating 2 percent more donations in the following week. Our results suggest that this effect is of short duration. Further, it does not appear to vary based on the political language used by the parish in its own church bulletins. However, the effect does appear to vary based on the religiosity of the candidates themselves, with Catholic candidates generating the largest increases.
ISSN:0898-2937
DOI:10.3386/w24374