Birds of a Feather Flock Together (More): Homophily and Charitable Donations in the Age of Trump
Speaker (s): 
Deserina SULAEMAN
PhD Candidate
School of Information Systems
Singapore Management University | Date:
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| | June 7, 2019, Friday
10:00am - 10:45am
Meeting Room 4.4, Level 4
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
Homophily, the tendency for humans to associate more with others who are similar to themselves, is pervasive in social and economic interactions. This study examines ethnicity-based homophily on a charitable crowdfunding platform, focusing on campaigns associated with the three major 2017 Atlantic hurricane season – the costliest season on record causing billions of dollars of damage. This study documents three related results. First, we identify ethnicity-based homophily in charitable crowdfunding. Hispanic fundraisers receive a disproportionally more donation from Hispanic donors. Second, we document a time-series variation in ethnicity-based homophily. The homophily is stronger following tweets from President Trump, increasing the proportion of donations from Hispanic donors to Hispanic fundraisers. Third, despite increasing ethnicity-based homophily, President Trump’s tweets do not appear to put Hispanic fundraisers at a disadvantage. Following his tweets, Hispanic fundraisers do not receive reduced amount of total donations.
This is a pre-conference talk for 94th Western Economic Association International Annual Conference.
About the Speaker
Deserina SULAEMAN is a fourth year PhD Candidate in the Information System and Management area under the supervision of Assistant Professor Mei LIN. Deserina's broad research interest is in the area of platform economy. Her current research is focused on charitable fundraising on crowdfunding platforms.
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