Pretty good! Canadians especially have been pretty receptive 🇨🇦

"To the degree that horizontal differentiation between sellers exists on Fiverr, it would work against finding an effect, since a “dominating” or “dominated” alternative may not always be viewed as such by the consumer." academic.oup.com/jcr/article-...

Interesting -- thanks, Jake! I wonder about the "separation" process -- is it some easily automated thing or is it more like surgery? Sounds like I need to take a tour of one of these facilities!

If the cups have a (non-recyclable?) Airtag attached, could it be argued that the cups are better off in the trash? ("when in doubt, throw it out")

Genuinely curious, as I'd like to discuss these kinds of studies in class!

Submitting my application 📝

Can't yet narrow it down completely, but my guess would be somewhere in Indiana or Florida!

Totally, but I'll need a bigger sample for that. For now, though, it seems safe to say that 20001 (in DC) is Spendthrift Central.

Absolutely. In the next round of surveys, I'll be measuring childhood SES (and religiosity). Many tightwads seem to develop an aversion to spending when money is tight early on, and can't shake that response later when their financial situation improves.

Thanks, Stacey. It's definitely worth tracking over time. Over the narrow age range in this survey (ages 21-40), we find a tiny TW-ST correlation with age (older respondents tend to be a little more tightwad). Consistent with the earlier TW-ST work that used a broader age range.

These are great questions -- thanks, Tom. Certainly, urban respondents are significantly more spendthrift-leaning than suburban or rural respondents. But I will be looking into your other questions.

There are several plausible explanations here. For now, I will just highlight that state TW-ST averages correlate significantly with several different measures of religiosity at the state level, with more religious states having a smaller proportion of spendthrifts.

But very open to other ideas!