prediction in an original data set of whether ethnic groups around the world traditionally prayed for rain. We find that prayer …

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 …

organize: World War I, Bretton Woods, 1970s Great Inflation and Managed Floating. Each turning point was characterized by …

We construct the World Uncertainty Index (WUI) for an unbalanced panel of 143 individual countries on a quarterly basis …

level of government intervention in the economy. Electing new leaders leads to more policy change, it improves governance …, and it reduces perceived corruption, consistent with the expectation that recently elected leaders exert more effort due …