Nationalist sentiment and lottery markets: Evidence from Catalonia

To what extent nationalist sentiments affect economic behaviour is still an open question. In this paper a study of emerging and competing lottery markets in the same jurisdiction (Catalonia, a Spanish region) is conducted to explore the impact of such nationalistic feelings in the demand for gambli...

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Autores: García, Jaume, Pérez Carcedo, Leví|||0000-0001-6632-6626
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/71736
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10651/71736
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:nationalism
sentiment bias
lottery demand
difference-in-difference regression
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Sumario:To what extent nationalist sentiments affect economic behaviour is still an open question. In this paper a study of emerging and competing lottery markets in the same jurisdiction (Catalonia, a Spanish region) is conducted to explore the impact of such nationalistic feelings in the demand for gambling. The use of panel data allows controlling for changing economic and demographic conditions at the province level and their potential effect on the analysed lottery markets. The results from a difference-in-difference regression analysis indicate that a statistically significant but limited impact of the introduction of the new lottery exists, suggesting that the observed shift in the existing market demand may respond, beyond mere economic determinants, to behavioural biases (e.g. identification feeling with the new lottery).