We develop an economic theory of tolerance where lifestyles and traits are invested with symbolic value by people … which tolerance spontaneously arises. Policy may affect the evolution of tolerance in distinctive ways, and there may be … efficiency as well as equity reasons to promote tolerance. …

We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological … revolution can be ascribed to differences in religious tolerance that developed in continental Europe from the Peace of … Westphalia onwards. By matching a unique historical dataset about religious tolerance in 1,278 Prussian cities with valuable …

nineteenth century Habsburg Empire - one emphasizing the centrifugal impact of rising intra-empire of nationalism, the other …

We revisit Max Weber’s hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is …

experience with immigration can curb nationalism. …

social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance. We … test this hypothesis on a dataset of Italian provinces, and address the possible endogeneity of corruption by applying an … IV model. We use three sets of historical instruments for corruption: 1) foreign dominations in 16th-17th century, 2 …

Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate …