Advances in the Economics of Religion

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 EducationalInvestment 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 (José 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 Arruñada 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).