{"id":2258,"date":"2024-05-01T15:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulseabright.com\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2025-02-17T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:02:49","slug":"research-papers-on-the-economics-of-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulseabright.com\/?p=2258","title":{"rendered":"Research on the economics of religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the last few years I have been involved in a range of research on the economics of religion with several co-authors, including Emmanuelle Auriol<\/a>, Diego Delissaint, Maleke Fourati<\/a>, Julie Lass\u00e9bie<\/a>, Pepita Miquel-Florensa<\/a>, Amma Panin<\/a> and Eva Raiber<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In May 2024 Princeton University Press published my book The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power and People<\/em>. More details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took part in the IAST podcast Crossing Channels on the subject “What Is the Future of Religion?”<\/a>, released in May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the publications to date from these projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betting on the Lord: Lotteries and Religiosity in Haiti <\/a>(with Emmanuelle Auriol, Diego Delissaint, Maleke Fourati and Pepita Miquel-Florensa), World Development 144 (2021), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.worlddev.2021.105441<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Churches’ Responses to Covid-19: results from Facebook<\/a> (with Eva Raiber), pre-print in CovidEconomics<\/em>, issue 61.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust in the image of God: Links between religiosity and reciprocity in Haiti<\/a> (with Emmanuelle Auriol, Diego Delissaint, Maleke Fourati and Pepita Miquel-Florensa), Economics of Transition and Institutional Change<\/em> (2020),  https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ecot.12263<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod insures those who pay?  Formal insurance and religious offerings in Ghana\u201d<\/a> (with Emmanuelle Auriol, Julie Lass\u00e9bie, Amma Panin and Eva Raiber), Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/em> 135(4), (2020), pp. 1799-1848,  https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/qje\/qjaa015<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the Origins of Enchantment: not such a puzzle\u201d,<\/a> Religion, Brain and Behavior<\/em> 10(3), (2020), pp. 345-357,  https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/2153599X.2019.1678517<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReligion and Entrepreneurship: A Match Made in Heaven?\u201d<\/a>, Archives des Sciences Sociales des Religions<\/em> 175 (2016), pp. 201-219.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are working papers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Alcohol, Behavioral Norms and Sexual Violence on US College Campuses”<\/a>, CEPR discussion paper number 17147.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also have an op-ed piece in Project Syndicate<\/em> related to these themes: “Is Christianity Losing to Islam?”, 1st June 2019, available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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