Substitution and Stigma: Evidence on Religious Markets from the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
研究了天主教性虐待丑闻对天主教和非天主教宗教参与的影响，发现天主教人口下降被非天主教参与和不归属的增加所补偿，且离开者多选择差异较大的替代宗教。
This paper considers substitution between charitable activities in the context of religious practice by examining the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal's impact on both Catholic and non-Catholic religiosity. I find a fall in the Catholic population compensated by increases in non-Catholic participation and nonaffiliation. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest the scandal generated about $3 billion dollars in donations to non-Catholic faiths. Those leaving Catholicism frequently chose dissimilar alternatives: Baptist churches gained significantly while the Episcopal Church did not. These results challenge several theories of religiosity and suggest that policies or shocks specific to one religious group could have effects on other groups.