Advances in the Economics of Religion
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| Summary: | XXVII, 485 p. 32 illus., 3 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | International Economic Association Series,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98848-1 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction (Jean-Paul Carvalho, Sriya Iyer, and Jared Rubin)
- Part I: Theoretical Advances in the Economics of Religion
- 2. Religious Clubs: The Strategic Role of Religious Identity (Jean-Paul Carvalho)
- 3. Spatial Models of Religious Market Competition: A Critical Assessment (Michael McBride)
- 4. When Average is Irrelevant: Computational Modeling of Religious Groups (Michael D. Makowsky)
- 5. The Intelligent Design of Religious Beliefs (Gilat Levy)
- 6. Religion and Segregation (Ronny Razin)
- 7. Religious and Cultural Leaders (Anja Prummer)
- 8. Intermediated Social Preferences: Altruism in an Algorithmic Era (Daniel L. Chen)
- Part II: Empirical Advances in the Economics of Religion
- 9. Religion and Demography (Sriya Iyer)
- 10. Economics and Church State Research: Past, Present, Future (Dan Hungerman and Timothy Weninger)
- 11. Protestants and Catholics and EducationalInvestment in Guatemala (Rachel M. McCleary and Robert J. Barro)
- 12. The Religious Factor in Private Education in the United States (Danny Cohen-Zada and Moshe Justman)
- 13. How Luther’s Quest for Education Changed German Economic History: 9+5 Theses on the Effects of the Protestant Reformation (Sascha O. Becker and Ludger Woessmann)
- 14. Hindu-Muslim Violence in India: A Postscript From the 21st Century (Anirban Mitra and Debraj Ray)
- 15. Religion and Conflict: A Quantitative Approach (José G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol)
- 16. Why are Some Societies More Religious than Others? (Jeanet Sinding Bentzen)
- 17. Socioeconomic Inequality across Religious Groups: Self-Selection or Religion-Induced Human Capital Accumulation? The Case of Egypt (Mohamed Saleh)
- 18. Religion and the European Union (Benito Arruñada and Matthias Krapf)
- Part III: Advances in Religion and Political Economy
- 19. The Political and Economic Consequences of Religious Legitimacy (Jared Rubin)
- 20. Religious Legitimacy and the Joint Evolution of Culture and Institutions (Alberto Bisin, Avner Seror, and Thierry Verdier)
- 21. Strategic Interactions between Religion and Politics: the Case of Islam (Jean-Philippe Platteau)
- 22. State and Religion: An Economic Approach (Metin M. Coşgel and Thomas J. Miceli)
- 23. A Great Academic Re-Awakening: The Return to a Political Economy of Religion (Anthony Gill)
- 24. The State, Toleration, and Religious Freedom (Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama)
- 25. Religiosity and Economic Performance: The Role of Personal Liberties (Laura Mayoral and Joan Esteban)
- 26. Causes and Consequences of Monotheism in the Supply of Religion (Murat Iyigun)
- 27. Religion, Political Power and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Islamic History (Eric Chaney)
- 28. Islam, Trade, and Innovation (Alireza Naghavi).