Birds of a Feather Flock Together (More) in the Age of Trump:
Ethnic Homophily in Crowdfunding
Speaker (s): 
Deserina SULAEMAN
PhD Candidate
School of Information Systems
Singapore Management University | Date:
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Venue: | | October 9, 2019, Wednesday
10:00am - 11:00am
SIS Seminar Room 3.2, Level 3
School of Information Systems
Singapore Management University
80 Stamford Road
Singapore 178902 We look forward to seeing you at this research seminar. 
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About the Talk
This study asks whether statements from government officials can affect private transfers, by examining private charitable donations supporting natural disaster relief efforts. We observe ethnic homophily among Hispanic donors and fundraisers in a charitable crowdfunding platform. The homophily becomes stronger following tweets from President Trump, even controlling for official policy statements from government bodies and the corresponding media coverage. This increase is not entirely driven by negative statements as we observe similar increase even after positive and neutral tweets. Our findings highlight the important role of public officials – and the public’s pre-existing view of those officials – in shaping the pattern of private transfers.
This is a pre-conference talk for the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE) and 2020 American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting.
About the Speaker
Deserina SULAEMAN is a fifth year PhD Candidate in the Information System and Management area under the supervision of Assistant Professor Mei LIN. Her broad research interest is in the area of platform economy. Her current research is focused on charitable fundraising on crowdfunding platforms.
