Supporting materials for "The Effects of Lottery Prizes on Winners and their Neighbors:

Evidence from the Dutch Postcode Lottery"

1. The Dutch Postcode Lottery

Home page of the Dutch PCL (in Dutch)

Bill Clinton explains the Dutch PCL (in English) (video-- .wmv)

2. The Survey Instrument

Survey Questionnaire, version 1 (Dutch)

Survey Questionnaire, version 2 (Dutch)

Survey Questionnaire, version 1 (English translation)

(Version 2 was used in surveys conducted in 2006, version 1 in all other surveys. The only difference is that version 2 specifically instructed respondents not to include PCL winnings in their current income)

Cover Letter (Dutch)

Cover Letter (English translation)

First Written Reminder (Dutch)

Second Written Reminder (Dutch)

3. Additional Results

Comparison to Statistics Netherlands Means

Home Sales in Winning versus Nonwinning Postcodes

PCL Participation Regressions

Complete results, restricting the sample to postcodes containing more than 16 households

Results without codegroup fixed effects

Note: Other specification and robustness checks are are also reported in the NBER working paper version of the paper.

4. Data and Do Files

Click here for a zip file containing Data, Do, and Read.Me files.