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Rezoning the Afterlife: Religion and Property Rights in the Middle Ages
(1987-08)
This paper reviews an economic theory of religion and uses the theory to explain changes in attitudes toward hell, heaven, and divine retribution in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The hypothesis is straightforward. ...
American Commercial Television and the Federal Communications Commission
(1984-04)
The Federal Communications Commission receives political support from commercial television stations and from television viewers. The main regulatory tool of the FCC is its power to assign television channels to communities ...
Some Issues in Granting Park Concessions in Smaller Countries
(1985-07)
If parks have particular characteristics, park managers should grant firms exclusive right to provide products or services within the park. Thus, contrary to the usual case, the manager is wise to allow monopoly provision ...
Hell, Religion, and Cultural Change
(J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1994-09)
This paper's key conclusion is that church doctrine about the afterlife is a function of factors predictable with economic theory. Religion, like government, family, and community can enforce property rights and encourage ...
Forest Economics and Policy
(New Zealand Institute of Foresters Inc., 1988-02)
The economics of deriving raw materials from forests is examined. Competitive markets are consistent with the notion of efficiency, although they may not produce results that are fair. Sustainability as an alternative ...
Religion, Warrior Elites, and Property Rights
(2013-03-11)
In 1119 C.E., King Baldwin II of Jerusalem granted nine French knights space in the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount over the ruins of Solomon’s Temple to create the headquarters of a new monastic order: The Poor ...
American Commercial Television; Competition, Collusion, Regulation
(1982)
This paper’s objective is to use economic theory to predict behavior of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), a commercial broadcast television trade association. To make predictions about a trade association ...
Product Variety in Religious Markets
(Association for Social Economics, 1998)
This paper analyzes the relationship between religious market product variety and church membership. We find that denominational variety is negatively associated with the total level of church membership in U.S. counties. ...
Free Riding, Market Structure, and Church Member Donations in South Carolina
(Religious Research Association, 2010-12)
The research on factors influencing member donations to churches is extensive. This paper uses unique data from South Carolina Baptists congregations to confirm much of the research, particularly including the potential ...