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Sources extérieures des menaces terroristes en Afrique de l'Ouest (Outside Sources of Terrorist Threats in West Africa)
Kohnert, Dirk - 2022
The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=4272976. French Abstract: La lutte contre le terrorisme est une tâche complexe, qui ne se limite pas aux options militaires. Il concerne également l'édification de l'État, le nationalisme et le développement durable...
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Outside Sources of Terrorist Threats in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - 2022
French Abstract: La lutte contre le terrorisme est une tâche complexe, qui ne se limite pas aux options militaires. Il concerne également l'édification de l'État, le nationalisme et le développement durable inclusif. Les racines des conflits sous-jacents étaient déjà posées pendant le...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240800
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Should Governments Tax the Rich and Subsidize the Poor? A Comparative Study of Muslim and Christian Respondents
McGee, Robert W.; Benk, Serkan; Yuzbasi, Bahadir - 2019
This study used the most recent World Values Survey dataset to determine whether Christian and Muslim views on the acceptability of taxing the rich and subsidizing the poor was an essential feature of democracy. The sample size included more than 23,000 individuals from more than 50 countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014033077
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Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - 2010
income, and popular perceptions of the poor. The model shows in particular how complementarities arise endogenously between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066699
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Religion, Terrorism and Public Goods: Testing the Club Model
Berman, Eli; Laitin, David D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Can rational choice modeling explain why Hamas, Taliban, Hezbollah and other radical religious rebels are so lethal? The literature rejects theological explanations. We propose a club framework, which emphasizes the function of voluntary religious organizations as efficient providers of local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089125
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Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
income, and popular perceptions of the poor. The model shows in particular how complementarities arise endogenously between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504312
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Beyond Work Ethic: Religion, Individual, and Political Preferences
Basten, Christoph; Betz, Frank - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (2013) 3, pp. 67-91
5, and government intervention by 7 percentage points. These preferences translate into higher per capita income as well … as greater income inequality. …
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The Influence of Income and Education Level on Issues of Religion in Romania
Parasca, Alexandra Georgiana - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 1, pp. 147-155
In this research paper the main focus is on religion and how it is influenced by income and education level, how people … from different social classes look at religion nowadays. It is a known fact that our income, our education will influence …, in Romania. The statistical data shows us clear differences between people with low income and basic education, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012017196
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The economic progress of American Jewry : from 18th century merchants to 21st century professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922125
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Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of Prussian counties
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2013
income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a … marked decline in church attendance coinciding with increasing income. The cross-section also shows a negative association … between income and church attendance. But the association disappears in panel analyses, including first-differenced models of …
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