Euro-illusion: a natural experiment

Edmund Stuart Cannon and Giam Pietro Cipriani ()

Bristol Economics Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK

Abstract: We collect and analyse data on church collections to assess whether the introduction of Euro notes and coins had real effects on giving. Data for Italy suggests that money is not completely neutral while Irish data suggests a lower degree of money illusion.

Keywords: Euro; money illusion; church giving; natural experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E4 M3 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2003-12
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