Dominique Fischer (University of Malaya (UM)) has posted Has Santa Claus a Good Long-Term Memory on SSRN. Here is the abstract: If Santa Claus had a good long-term memory, she would remember who had consistently been good in the previous years and would reward them accordingly. She would not only rely on the current year…

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Laura Birg (University of Goettingen (Gottingen)) & Simon Pommeranz have posted The Deadweight Loss of Christmas – Reply on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: In this paper, we study the welfare effects of Christmas presents with a focus on the effect of presents for gift-givers. Based on a survey among students at the University of…

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Christoph M. Schmidt (Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen) ; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)) & Thomas K. Bauer (Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen) ; University of Bochum – Faculty of Economics ; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)) have posted WTP vs. WTA: Christmas…

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Jessica Rixom (University of Nevada, Reno), Erick M. Mas (Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management), Brett A. Rixom (University of Nevada, Reno) have posted Presentation Matters: The Effect of Wrapping Neatness on Gift Attitudes (Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2019) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: While gift-givers typically wrap gifts prior to presenting them, little is…

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Stephan Müller (University of Goettingen (Gottingen)) & Holger Andreas Rau (University of Goettingen (Gottingen)) have posted Too Cold for Warm Glow? Christmas-Season Effects in Charitable Giving on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: This paper analyzes seasonal effects and their potential drivers in charitable giving. We analyze whether donations differ between the pre-Christmas shopping season and summer. Our…

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Laura Birg and Anna Goeddeke have posted Christmas Economics – A Sleigh Ride on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Do you believe that at Christmas time the gas prices, the economy and the number of suicides peak? Do you think that the value of presents you are giving to your beloved is of importance? We…

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Morgan K Ward and Susan M. Broniarczyk (Southern Methodist University (SMU) and University of Texas at Austin – Marketing) have posted Ask and You Shall (Not) Receive: Close Friends Prioritize Relational Signaling Over Recipient Preferences in Their Gift Choices (The Journal of Marketing Research, (Forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Gift givers balance their…

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B. Jessie Hill (Case Western Reserve University School of Law) has posted Of Christmas Trees and Corpus Christi: Ceremonial Deism and Change in Meaning over Time (Duke Law Journal, Vol. 59, January 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Although the Supreme Court turned away an Establishment Clause challenge to the words “under God” in…

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Jeff Galak and Julian Givi (Carnegie Mellon University and Carnegie Mellon University) have posted When Gift-Giving Is Selfish: A Motivation to Be Unique on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Gift givers are faced with the difficult task of choosing gifts that will be liked by gift recipients, and the challenging nature of this task often…

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Perry Dane (Rutgers School of Law – Camden) has posted Christmas on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper, which is still in a very early form, looks again at the recurring problem of Christmas and the Constitution. Conventional Establishment Clause analysis of Christmas is built on three propositions: First, Christmas is in a sense two holidays:…

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