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Testing the permanent income hypothesis using the Spanish Christmas Lottery

Guillermo Cabanillas-Jiménez

Applied Economic Analysis2024https://doi.org/10.1108/aea-07-2023-0276article
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Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of local windfall gains from the Spanish Christmas lottery on household consumption behavior. Design/methodology/approach The study applies differences-in-differences to assess permanent income hypothesis (PIH) validity, examining pre- and postlottery consumption effects. Additionally, it also uses an instrumental variable regression, using the lottery shock as an instrument for total expenditures, to estimate the Engel curves. Findings The paper finds a PIH violation; households in winning region notably increase consumption on durable and nondurable goods compared to nonwinning ones. Moreover, durable goods consumption is responsive to lottery winnings, while nondurable goods consumption are unit-elastic to expenditure shocks. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first paper analyzing the effects of winning regions of the Spanish Christmas lottery in all types of consumption goods, testing its consequences in the PIH and estimating its effects in the Engel curves.

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@article{guillermo2024,
  title        = {{Testing the permanent income hypothesis using the Spanish Christmas Lottery}},
  author       = {Guillermo Cabanillas-Jiménez},
  journal      = {Applied Economic Analysis},
  year         = {2024},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/aea-07-2023-0276},
}

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