Private transfers can affect the spending response to stimulus payments, as those receiving income windfalls may …%. Reported transfer intentions in response to windfalls suggest that public payments crowd out private transfers, partly …

, while government transfers played a central role in preventing greater disparities in half the countries studied. Our …

law in Ecuador that transfers resources to municipalities regardless of their oil-producing status. We find that royalties …

's exports fell 4.7% below baseline and imports were 6.1% higher due to the inflow of foreign exchange, the appreciation of the … regional real exchange rate, increased demand for most goods and services, and limited regional productive capacity. The rate …

data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with … given population thresholds. Results from a regression-discontinuity design reveal that larger federal transfers lead to a …

economic consequences of COVID-19, before eliciting their altruism and attitudes towards Venezuelan migrants. We find that … ages 18 to 25 years, however, respond to the treatment by showing more altruism. …

We quantify the size and tax-responsiveness of financial transfers made to heirs before death. The wealth of singles … (including widows) with children declines substantially in anticipation of death. 92% of this decline is explained by transfers … to children, while long-term care copayments can explain the remainder. Tax-reducing transfers are made across the wealth …