The relation between religious organizations and political authority is notoriously tense. Max Weber argued that this is because both compete over the same resource: human commitment. This article revisits Weber's hypothesis. Specifically, we explore two psychological mechanisms through which...

The relation between religious organizations and political authority is notoriously tense. Max Weber argued that this is because both compete over the same resource: human commitment. This article revisits Weber’s hypothesis. Specifically, we explore two psychological mechanisms through which...

Zunehmende Budgetprobleme bedrohen die Handlungsfähigkeit öffentlicher Gebietskörperschaften. Bisherige Arbeiten zur Haushaltskonsolidierung beschränken sich auf deskriptive Argumente. Mit positiver Theorie und im Rahmen der Neuen Politischen Ökonomie analysiert diese Arbeit strukturelle...