-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) in relation to the causes and effects of Stock market speculation. It is based upon the works of this …'s thought in relation to speculation. It is divided into two parts. The first part is dedicated to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon …'s definitions of stock market speculation or gambling with shares that for him served no purpose either from a human or economic …

, I investigate whether the month Ramadan has any effect on food prices. I perform the analysis under two alternative … Ramadan, yet these effects are better captured when the latter is used. This highlights the importance of the calendar choice …

dimensions of religion – degree of religiosity and religious festivals. By conducting the experiments during both the most …This paper examines the effect of religion on positional concerns using survey experiments. We focus on two of the … important day of Ramadan (the Night of Power) and a day outside Ramadan, we find that Ramadan overall has a small and negative …

This study examines the relationship between religious affiliation, importance of religion, and frequency of church … were found by age and measures of religion and health. Probit analysis revealed a generally positive and statistically … significant association between religion and health, especially for the psychological health of children ages 12–15. Mitigating …

. We introduce religiosity, measured as the share for which religion is important in daily life, to explain institutional … countries, that religiosity is negatively related to our institutional outcome variables. This only holds in democracies (not … autocracies), which suggests that religiosity affects the way institutions work through the political process. Individual …