Baten, Jörg; Woitek, Ulrich - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2001
Based on the data set of Behringer (1997), we develop and test competing models of the determinants of witch hunting in Bavaria in the period 1345-1750, which explain the cyclicity as well as the variation over time from the 14th to the 18th century. Our main focus is on economic factors and...