作者: A.R. Soetevent , P. Kooreman , P. Kuhn , A. Kapteyn
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摘要: In the Dutch Post Code Lottery a postal code (19 households on average) is randomly selected weekly, and sizeable prizes (€12,500 per lottery ticket) are awarded to participants living in that code. addition monetary prizes, one of winners wins BMW. We analyze data consumption, reported happiness nonwinners winning (adjacent) nonwinning codes from our survey over 2000 households. Respondents provided information both current behavior (six months after prize) and, retrospectively, year earlier before prize). This unique set allows us make key comparisons required identify social interaction effects.