The First of the Month Effect: Consumer Behavior and Store Responses

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The Liquid Hand-to-Mouth: Evidence from Personal Finance Management Software (2018, background): “Sixth, any price-discriminatory response of firms does not explain the magnitude of the observed effects (Hastings and Washington, 2010) and does not apply to individuals with unusual paydays or irregular income.”
The price effects of cash versus in-kind transfers (2011, unknown): “…transfers, and most previous studies examine voucher programs in which the government does not act as a supplier (Murray, 1999; Finkelstein, 2007; Hastings and Washington, 2010).5 Levinsohn and McMillan (2007) use estimates of the supply and demand elasticity of food from the literature to…”
Mansion Tax: The Effect of Transfer Taxes on the Residential Real Estate Market (2014, background): “Moving from a price of $350,000 to $350,001 increases the buyer’s tax liability by $630.”
U.S. Food and Nutrition Programs (2015, unknown): “Hastings and Washington (2010) find results consistent with this using grocery store scanner data.”
The Decline, Rebound, and Further Rise in SNAP Enrollment: Disentangling Business Cycle Fluctuations and Policy Changes (2013, unknown): “Hastings and Washington (2010) show that supermarket prices respond modestly to changes in demand by benefit recipients; the magnitude of price responses is likely to be small because recipients shop alongside non-recipients.”