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Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions
Wittman, Donald - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2012
Religions are organized in a variety of ways. They may resemble an elected autocracy, aparliamentary democracy, or … institutionalized and when the age of a person may be an important strategic factor in choosing a leader. I am thus able to explain what … otherwise would be very puzzling differences in the age of appointment across religions and within a particular religion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843023
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Strategic behavior and organizational structure in religions
Wittman, Donald A. - 2012
the context of the small (religious institutions). --religious organizations ; autocracy ; age ; organizational structure …Religions are organized in a variety of ways. They may resemble an elected autocracy, a parliamentary democracy, or … institutionalized and when the age of a person may be an important strategic factor in choosing a leader. I am thus able to explain what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629015
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Political leadership and the quality of public goods and services: Does religion matter?
Prinz, Aloys L.; Sander, Christian J. - In: Economics of Governance 21 (2020) 4, pp. 299-334
Despite some indications to the contrary, religion still plays an important role in contemporary society. In this paper, the association between religion and the quality of public goods and services, measured by the so-called “delivery quality” index of the Worldwide Governance Indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014503593
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Do bishops matter for politics? Evidence from Italy
Lanzara, Gianandrea; Lazzaroni, Sara; Masella, Paolo; … - 2023
This paper studies whether and how religious leaders affect politics. Focusing on Italian dioceses in the period from 1948 to 1992, we find that the identity of the bishop in office explains a significant amount of the variation in the vote share for the Christian Democracy party (DC). This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468646
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Skewed norms under peer pressure: Formation and collapse
Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - 2014
This paper shows that peer pressure may lead to dynamic convergence to a norm that is skewed with respect to preferences in society, yet is endogenously upheld by the population. Moreover, a skewed norm will often be more sustainable than a representative norm. This may explain the skewness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398478
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Skewed Norms under Peer Pressure: Formation and Collapse
Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2014
This paper shows that peer pressure may lead to dynamic convergence to a norm that is skewed with respect to preferences in society, yet is endogenously upheld by the population. Moreover, a skewed norm will often be more sustainable than a representative norm. This may explain the skewness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079263
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Computer Mediated Transactions
Varian, Hal R. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 1-10
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008584548
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Skewed norms under peer pressure : formation and collapse
Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - 2014 - This version June 2014
This paper shows that peer pressure may lead to dynamic convergence to a norm that is skewed with respect to preferences in society, yet is endogenously upheld by the population. Moreover, a skewed norm will often be more sustainable than a representative norm. This may explain the skewness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374440
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Earthquakes, Religion, and Transition to Self-Government in Italian Cities
Belloc, Marianna - 2016
This paper presents a unique historical experiment to explore the dynamics of institutional change in the Middle Ages. We have assembled a novel dataset, where information on political institutions for northern-central Italian cities between 1000 and 1300 is matched with detailed information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002947
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Do bishops matter for politics? : evidence from Italy
Lanzara, Gianandrea; Lazzaroni, Sara; Masella, Paolo; … - 2023
This paper studies whether and how religious leaders affect politics. Focusing on Italian dioceses in the period from 1948 to 1992, we find that the identity of the bishop in office explains a significant amount of the variation in the vote share for the Christian Democracy party (DC). This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013541745