Advances in the Economics of Religion (Paperback, 2019)

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 Educational Investment 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 Jose 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 Arrunada 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. Cosgel 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