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segregation and religious conflicts. -- Economics of Religion ; Religion ; Organizations ; Beliefs … beliefs and participation, the relation between the size of the religion and the intensity of its members’ beliefs, religious …We propose a model of religious organizations which relies on the ability of such organi-zations and personal utility …
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We study the causal effect of school curricula on students' stated beliefs and attitudes. We exploit a major textbook …
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The Conference of the Parties (COP) has proven a valuable outlet to advance the climate agenda. The combination of high media coverage, extremely high expectations set by influential environmentalists, and unanimity rules has, however, started to limit its effectiveness. Technical issues can...
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Religious participation is much more widespread in the United States than in Europe, while Europeans tend to view sects more suspiciously than Americans. We propose an explanation for these patterns without assuming differences in preferences or market fundamentals. Religious markets may have...
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The economics of religion is a relatively new field of research in economics. This survey serves two purposes – it is … examines the insights and research themes that are offered by economists to investigate religion globally in the modern world …. Several factors have influenced the economics of religion: (1) new developments in theoretical models including spatial models …
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The Reformation provided a powerful source of legitimacy for secularization of governance and enabled the regional authorities to change the institutional structure to eliminate the inefficiencies under the prevailing (Catholic) regime. We investigate this idea in a simple model of regime change...
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