State and religion, two of the oldest institutions known to mankind, have historically had a close relationship with … relationship in recent centuries, the state-religion alliance remains strong in some societies. We use a political economy approach … and a unique dataset to examine the relationship between state and religion since the year 1000. We constructed the data …

An expanding state has to decide how to tax the newly conquered lands, most likely taxed under a different regime. It … his ability to collect the tax revenue). This paper examines the problem of how an expanding state would establish a … to analyze the political economy of an expanding state's choice of a fiscal regime, applies this framework to the Ottoman …

established state religions and adopted laws with religious origins, sometimes even claiming to have divine powers. We propose a …

State and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship, at times being close allies, at others harsh … adversaries, and at still others largely independent. This paper develops an economic model of this relationship, where the state …'s objective is to maximize net tax revenue. Religious goods benefit the state in two ways: first, they provide utility to citizens …