Friday, March 09, 201210:15AM - 10:30AM
0: ASREC Opening Remarks; James Doti, President of Chapman University
10:30AM - 12:00PM
1A: Denominational behavior
Chair: Laurence Iannaccone (Chapman University)
Discussants: Anne Bradley (Institute for Faith, Work and Economics)
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Entry in Local Religious Markets |
| | Robbie Mochrie (Heriot Watt University) |
| | Neil Ferguson (Heriot-Watt University) |
| | John Sawkins (Heriot-Watt University) |
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Clergy Regulation of a Local Religious Market |
| | Paul Olson (Briar Cliff University) |
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Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of US Denominations |
| | Gordon Hanson (University of California, San Diego) |
10:30AM - 12:00PM
1B: Pro-social behavior 1: Rules and norms
Chairs: Roman Sheremeta (Chapman University), David Porter (Chapman University)
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What Can We Know about the Origins of Social Preferences, and Why Does It Matter? |
| | Dan Friedman (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
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Rules, Rule-Following and Cooperation |
| | Erik Kimbrough (Simon Fraser University) |
| | Alexander Vostroknutov (Maastricht University) |
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(Bad) Luck or (Lack of) Effort?: Comparing Social Sharing Norms between US and Europe |
| | Roman Sheremeta (Chapman University) |
| | Pedro Rey-Biel (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) |
| | Neslihan Uler (University of Michigan) |
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Religion and cooperative attitudes: Evidence from Indonesia |
| | Arya Gaduh (University of Southern California) |
1:15PM - 2:45PM
2A: Book Manuscripts in Economic History and Religion
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Kibbutz: The Economics of a Social Experiment |
| | Ran Abramitzky (Stanford University) |
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The Economics of Conflict in the Name of God |
| | Murat Iyigun (University of Colorado) |
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God, Power, and Printing: The Institutional Roots of Economic Success and Stagnation in the Middle East and Europe until 1600 |
| | Jared Rubin (Chapman University) |
1:15PM - 2:45PM
2B: Quantitative studies of religious behavior
Chair: Paul Olson (Briar Cliff University)
Discussants: Wafa Orman (University of Alabama, Huntsville)
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Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religious Bodies: How it Impacts on the Age of Leaders |
| | Don Wittman (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
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Bishops, Nuns and Catholic Schools: The Unintended Consequences of Vatican II |
| | Osea Giuntella (Boston University) |
| | Rania Gihleb (Boston University) |
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From Empty Pews to Empty Cradles: Fertility Decline Among European Catholics |
| | Eli Berman (University of California San Diego) |
| | Laurence Iannaccone (Chapman University) |
| | Giuseppe Ragusa (Libera University) |
3:00PM - 4:30PM
3B: Experiments in the Economics of Religion
Chair: Eric Schniter (Chapman University)
Discussant: Brock Stoddard (Indiana University)
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Free Riding with Other People’s Money: Contributions to Public Goods by Trustees |
| | Wafa Orman (University of Alabama, Huntsville) |
| | Sandra Peart (University of Richmond) |
| | Michael Makowsky (Towson University) |
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Yeast |
| | Mark Isaac (Florida State University) |
| | Douglas Norton (Florida State University) |
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The Parable of the Great Banquet: Insights from Laboratory Economics |
| | Douglas Norton (Florida State University) |
| | Mark Isaac (Florida State University) |
3:00PM - 4:30PM
3A: Innovations in the Measurement of Religion
Chair: Eli Berman (University of California San Diego)
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The Measurement Archive: Assessing the Measurement of Religion |
| | Christopher Bader (Chapman University) |
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Innovations in Survey Design and Measures: Preliminary Progress at the ARDA |
| | Roger Finke (Pennsylvania State University) |
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Religion and Public goods provision: Evidence from Catholicism and Islam |
| | Carolyn Warner (Arizona State University) |
4:45PM - 5:45PM
4A: ASREC Evening Social
6:00PM - 7:00PM
4B: Keynote Address: Q&A Session with Vernon Smith, Larry Iannaccone, Roger Finke, and Sriya Iyer
Chair: Jared Rubin (Chapman University)
9:00PM - 10:45PM
4C: ASREC Late Night Social
Saturday, March 10, 20128:30AM - 10:00AM
5A: Historical roots of religious tradition
Chair: Charles North (Baylor University)
Discussant: Robbie Mochrie (Heriot Watt University)
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Resisting Education |
| | Jean-Paul Carvalho (University of California, Irvine) |
| | Mark Koyama (George Mason University) |
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Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witchcraft in France |
| | Mark Koyama (George Mason University) |
| | Noel Johnson (George Mason University) |
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Transcending Incentives and Bias in the Quest for the Historical Jesus |
| | Sean F. Everton (Naval Postgraduate School) |
8:30AM - 10:00AM
5B: Religion and Economic Outcomes in South Asia
Chair: Sriya Iyer (University of Cambridge)
Discussants: Myriam Hadnes (Goethe University, Frankfurt)
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Institutions and Literacy in the Princely States |
| | Latika Chaudhary (Scripps College) |
| | Jared Rubin (Chapman University) |
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Muslim Legislators and Hindu-Muslim Violence |
| | Lakshmi Iyer (Harvard Business School) |
| | Sonia Bhalotra (University of Bristol) |
| | Irma Clots-Figueras (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ) |
10:15AM - 11:45AM
6B: Church, state and local control
Chair: Carolyn Warner (Arizona State University)
Discussant: Mark Koyama (George Mason University)
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Risk Averse and Trustful? Religious Activity, Risk Assessment, and Economic Behavior Empirical Evidence from German Survey Data |
| | Anja Koebrich Leon (Leuphana University) |
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Craft Guilds and Risk-Sharing in Late Medieval England: Links Between Social and Economic Change |
| | Gary Richardson (University of California, Irvine) |
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The Political Economy of Church and State |
| | Charles North (Baylor University) |
| | Carl Gwin (Baylor University) |
10:15AM - 11:45AM
6A: Pro-social behavior 2: Charity and cooperation: CANCELLED
1:00PM - 2:30PM
7B: Expressions of preferences
Chair: Roger Finke (Pennsylvania State University)
Discussant: Andrea Molle (Chapman University)
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An Empirical Investigation of Preference Falsification, Internet Access, and Institutional Change |
| | Michael Makowsky (Towson University) |
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Skin Color Discrimination in Early twentieth century America |
| | Roy Mill (Stanford University) |
| | Luke Stein (Stanford University) |
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The Gods are Watching - An Experimental Study in Burkina Faso |
| | Myriam Hadnes (Goethe University, Frankfurt) |
1:00PM - 2:30PM
7A: Religion as a factor in economic development
Chair: Anja Koebrich Leon (Leuphana University)
Discussant: Lakshmi Iyer (Harvard Business School)
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Communication and Marketing of Services by Religious Organizations in India |
| | Sriya Iyer (University of Cambridge) |
| | Chander Velu (University of Cambridge) |
| | Abdul Mumit (University of Cambridge) |
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On the Road to Heaven: Historical Origins of the Religious Economic Gap in Egypt |
| | Mohamed Saleh (University of Southern California) |
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Bank-Insured RoSCA for Microfinance: Experimental Evidence in Poor Egyptian Villages |
| | Mahmoud El-Gamal (Rice University) |
| | Mohamed El-Komi (University of Durham) |
| | Dean Karlan (Yale University) |
| | Adam Osman (Yale University) |
2:45PM - 4:15PM
8B: Consequences of the Catholic Church Abuse Scandal
Chair: Christopher Bader (Chapman University)
Discussants: Michael McBride (University of California, Irvine)
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Does religion foster pro-social behavior? Evidence from an Event Study of the Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandals in the US |
| | Ricardo Perez-Truglia (Harvard University) |
| | Nico Bottan (University of Illinois) |
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Negative Publicity and Catholic Schools |
| | Rey Hernández-Julián (Metropolitan State College of Denver) |
| | Angela K. Dills (Providence College) |
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Substitution and Stigma: Evidence on Religious Competition from the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal |
| | Dan Hungerman (University of Notre Dame) |
2:45PM - 4:15PM
8A: Costly Signaling: Theory and Evidence
Chair: Mark Isaac (Florida State University)
Discussant: Mark Isaac (Florida State University)
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Rebuilding Damaged Trust with Apology, Promises, and Atonement |
| | Eric Schniter (Chapman University) |
| | Roman Sheremeta (Chapman University) |
| | Daniel Sznycer (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
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Risk and the Evolution of Human Exchange |
| | Hilliard Kaplan (University of New Mexico & Santa Fe Institute) |
| | Eric Schniter (Chapman University) |
| | Vernon Smith (ESI, Chapman University) |
| | Bart Wilson (ESI, Chapman University) |
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Trust, Reciprocity and Rules |
| | Timothy Shields (Chapman University) |
| | Thomas Rietz (University of Iowa) |
| | Eric Schniter (Chapman University) |
| | Roman Sheremeta (Chapman University) |
4:30PM - 5:30PM
9A: ASREC Saturday Evening Social
