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Cappelen, Alexander W.; Enke, Benjamin; Tungodden, Bertil - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper presents a new set of stylized facts about the global variation in universalism, leveraging hypothetical money allocation tasks deployed in representative samples of 64,000 people from 60 countries. Our data reveal large variation in universalism within and across countries, which...

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Praying for Rain

Espín-Sánchez, José-Antonio; Gil-Guirado, Salvador; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the climate as a determinant of religious belief. People believe in the divine when religious authorities (the "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...

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On the Importance of African Traditional Religion for Economic Behavior

Butinda, Lewis Dunia; Lameke, Aimable Amani; Nunn, Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Within the field of economics, despite being widespread, African traditional religions tend to be perceived as unimportant and ignored when studying economic decision-making. This study tests whether this presumption is correct. Using daily data on business decisions and performance of beer...

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Religious Conversion across Countries

Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

religions and costs of having one's religion deviate from the type viewed as ideal. The International Social Survey Programme … (ISSP) waves for 1991, 1998, 2008, and 2018 allow for calculations of country-wide conversion rates based on religion … analysis applies to 8 types of religion for 58 countries (125 total observations). The rate of conversion depends positively on …

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The Impact of Counterfeit Victims in the Victim Marketplace

Ban, Mingyuan; Qian, Yi; Gong, Qiang; Aquino, Karl - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Just and efficient allocations of charity have attracted much academic and media attention. The sources of inefficiency and unjust are important to understand yet understudied. Our study aims to fill this void by directly modelling the victims' market in a collective reputation framework. By...

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Nonlinear Pricing and Misallocation

Bornstein, Gideon; Peter, Alessandra - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

the aggregate markup in the economy. Using micro data from the retail sector, we show that nonlinear pricing is prevalent …

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Clans, Guilds, and Markets : Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy

de la Croix, David - 2016

technological progress in a pre-industrial economy that emphasizes the person-to-person transmission of tacit knowledge. The young …

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Choosing Who Chooses : Selection-Driven Targeting in Energy Rebate Programs

Ida, Takanori; Ishihara, Takunori; Ito, Koichiro; Kido, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We develop an optimal policy assignment rule that integrates two distinctive approaches commonly used in economics--targeting by observables and targeting through self-selection. Our method can be used with experimental or quasi-experimental data to identify who should be treated, be untreated,...

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Adapting to Flood Risk : Evidence from a Panel of Global Cities

Gandhi, Sahil; Kahn, Matthew E.; Kochhar, Rajat; Lall, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Urban flooding poses danger to people and places. People can adapt to this risk by moving to safer areas or by investing in private self-protection. Places can offset some of the risk through urban planning and infrastructure investment. By constructing a global city data set that covers the...

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Optimal Gradualism

Lehr, Nils H.; Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper studies how gradualism affects the welfare gains from trade, technology, and reforms. When people face adjustment frictions, gradual shocks create less adverse distributional effects in the short run. We show that there are welfare gains from inducing a more gradual transition via...

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