Espín-Sánchez, José-Antonio; Gil-Guirado, Salvador; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
"church") can credibly intervene in nature on their behalf. We present a model in which nature sets the pattern of rainfall … over time and the church chooses when optimally to pray in order to persuade people that it has caused the rain. We present … evidence from prayers for rain in Murcia, Spain that the church follows such an optimal policy and that its prayers therefore …