Advances in the Economics of Religion

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Carvalho, Jean-Paul (Editor), Iyer, Sriya (Editor), Rubin, Jared (Editor)
Summary:XXVII, 485 p. 32 illus., 3 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
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).