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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Andreoni and Payne 2003<br />

OLS still yields “wrong signed” estimates:<br />

More government spending → more fundraising<br />

Endogeneity still a problem: hurricane → more dollars for Red Cross<br />

and Federal aid<br />

Use the following instruments<br />

1 Total state-level transfer to non-profits (state budget)<br />

2 Representative on senate/house appropriations committee<br />

3 NIH fundings to univs in state (relieves funding for other purposes)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 7: <strong>Public</strong> Goods and Externalities 47 / 138

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