ASREC PROGRAM 2013

Thursday, 11th of April 2013

5:00pm-7:00pm

Registration

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Friday, 12th of April 2013

8:30am - 10:00am

1A: Philosophy and Religion: From Delos to Adam Smith
Chair: Larry Iannaccone, Chapman University
Discussant: James Montayne, Consulting Economist

•	The Human Person in Economic Theory from the Scholastics, to Smith and Marx
	John Larrivee, Mount St. Mary’s University
•	Gods of Trust: Ancient Delos and the Modern Economics of Religion
	Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Stanford University
•	How We Forgot What Adam Smith Said about Religion
	Robert I. Mochrie, Heriot-Watt University

8:30am - 10:00am

1B: Norms and Culture in Religious Organizations
Chair: Michael McBride, University of California Irvine
Discussant: Bryony Reich, University of Cambridge

•	Faith-Based Organizations
	Jean-Paul Carvalho, University of California, Irvine
•	Craft Guilds and Risk-Sharing in Late Medieval England: A Link between Social and Economic Change
	Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine
•	Toward an Economic Theory of Religious Authority
	Michael McBride, University of California, Irvine

10:30am - 12:00pm

2A: Religion and Socio-Economic Outcomes
Chair: Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
Discussant: G. Osea Giuntella, Boston University

•	The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship
	Luca Nunziata, University of Padua
	Lorenzo Rocco, University of Padua
•	Belief Systems and Wealth Outcomes
	Feler Bose, Alma College
•	Religion and Health: A Country Level Study
	Hossein Radmard, West Virginia University
	Alberto Ratinti, West Virginia University

10:30am - 12:00pm

2B: Laboratory Experiments
Chair: Gerhard Riener, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Discussant: Justin Rao, Microsoft Research

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	Mark Isaac, Florida State University
	Douglas Norton, Florida State University
•	Are Persons with Religious Commitment and Faith Less Prone to Deception and Duplicity?
	Angelina Nikitenko Christie, The Catholic University of America
	Michael Welker, Franciscan University of Steubenville
	Juanjuan Meng, Peking University
	Joseph Tao-Yi Wang, National Taiwan University
•	Gender Differences in the Dictator Experiment: Evidence from the Matrilineal Mosuo and the Patriarchal Yi
	Huibin Yan, University of California Santa Cruz
	Chun-Lei Yang, Academia Sinica

1:00pm - 2:30pm

3A: Religion, Values and Environmentalism
Chair: David Voas, University of Essex
Discussant: S. Ramachandran, World Bank

•	Religious Loyalty and Acceptance of Corruption
	Moamen Gouda, Philipps-Universität Marburg
	Sang-Min Park, University of Kassel
•	Environmentalism and Religion: Substitutes or Complements?
	Feler Bose, Alma College
•	Faith-based Organizations and the Provision of Children Services in Uasin Gishu County, Eldoret Kenya: A Collaboration of NGOs and Universities in Providing Services
	Emily J. Choge Kerama, Moi University

1:00pm - 2:30pm

3B: Political Institutions and Outcomes
Chair and Discussant: Charles North, Baylor University

•	Religious Legitimacy and Economic Success
	Jared Rubin, Chapman University
•	Trade Shocks and Pro-Democracy Mass Movements: Evidence from South Asia’s Independence Struggle
	Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
•	Divided Landownership as Tax Shelter in Imperial China
	Helen Yang, George Mason University, Center for Study of Public Choice

1pm - 2:30pm

3C: Philanthropy and Pro-Social Behaviour
Chair: Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame

•	Public Goods, Hidden Income, and Tax Evasion: Some Nonstandard Results from the Warm-Glow Model
	Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame
•	Does a Sermon Impact Generosity? An Experiment Using the Dictator Game
	Paul J. Olson, Briar Cliff University
•	Altruism and the Preference for Income Redistribution across Generations
	Lisa Wilder, Albright College
	Victor Forte, Albright College

2:45pm - 4:15pm

4A: Religion and Growth
Chair: Mukesh Eswaran, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Alireza, Naghavi, University of Bologna

•	Religion and Attitudes Affecting Economic Growth
	Charles North, Baylor University
	Elizabeth A. Dratz, Ataturk University
•	The Effect of Cultural Differences on Economic Growth and Institutional Formation
	Michelle Albert Vachris, Christopher Newport University
	Justin P. Isaacs, Hampden-Sydney College
•	Hate Crimes in India: An Economic Analysis of Violence and Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
	Smriti Sharma, University of Delhi

2:45pm - 4:15pm

4B: Integration and Immigration
Chair: Jean-Paul Carvalho, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Hossein Radmard, West Virginia University

•	Individuals, Groups and the Errors of Forced Integration
	Heath Spong, University of Western Sydney
•	Why Does the Health of Immigrants Deteriorate?
	G. Osea Giuntella, Boston University
•	Does Integration Increase Life Satisfaction?
	Zsoka Koczan, University of Cambridge

2:45pm - 4:15pm

4C: International Religious Freedom
Chair: Michael McBride, University of California, Irvine

•	Methodology of Tracking Global Religious Restrictions and Hostilities
	Angelina Theodorou, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
•	Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion in World and US
	Brian Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
	Peter Henne, Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia
•	The Policy Realism of International Religious Freedom
	Dwight Bashir, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

4:30pm - 6:00pm

5A: Religious Capital
Chair & Discussant: Chander Velu, University of Cambridge

•	The Intergenerational Transmission of Religious Capital
	David Voas, University of Essex
	Ingrid Storm, University of Manchester
•	In What Is Religious Human Capital Fixed?
	Paul Firenze, Providence College
•	Religious Competition, Religious Capital, and Disagreement Payoffs
	Joseph Daniels, Marquette University
	Marc von der Ruhr, St. Norber College

4:30pm - 6:00pm

5B: Economic History I.
Chair: Mark Koyama, George Mason University
Discussant: Raphael Franck, Bar Ilan University

•	The God of Your Fathers
	Warren Anderson, University of Michigan-Dearborn
•	New Media, Religion, and Economic Change: Printing and the Protestant Reformation
	Jeremiah Dittmar, American University
•	Technology Shocks, Labour Productivity, and Son Preference: The Long-Term Impact of Historical Textile Production in China
	Melanie Xue, George Mason University

4:30pm - 6:15pm

5C: Religion and Social Behaviour
Chair: Evelyn Lehrer, University of Illinois, Chicago
Discussant: Wafa Hakim Orman, University of Alabama Huntsville

•	Sacrifice, Stigma, and Free-Riding on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): A New Perspective on Behaviour Change in Self-Help Organizations for Addiction
	Anna Lembke, Stanford University
•	Holy Matrimony, Batman! Why Do the Devout Pay So Much for Marriage?
	Brian Hollar, Marymount University
•	Religion and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults
	Jason Fletcher, Yale University and NBER
	Sanjeev Kumar, Yale University
•	Religion and the Politics of Sex
	Stephen Baskerville, Patrick Henry College

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Keynote Address:

Chair: Larry Iananccone, Chapman University
Speaker: Carmel Chiswick

8:00pm - 9:00pm

ASREC Reception

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Saturday, 13th of April 2013

8:30am - 10:15am

6A: The Roots of Religious Violence and Terrorism
Chair/ discussant: Eli Berman, University of California San Diego

•	Religion, Governance, Development and Violence: What doesn’t drive revolt?
	Eli Berman, University of California San Diego
•	A Club Model Analysis of Mobilization in Violent Insurgency Conflict: The Case of the Afghan Mujahideen, 1978-1992
	Joseph West, University of Arizona
	Michael McBride, University of California, Irvine
•	Social Movements, Fundamentalists, and Cosmic Warriors: Three Theories of Religious Activism and Violence
	Heather S. Gregg, Naval Postgraduate School
•	A Social Network Theory of Religious Extremism and Violence
	Sean F. Everton, Naval Postgraduate School

8:30am - 10:00am

6B: Economic History II.
Chair and Discussant: Tim Shah, Georgetown University

•	Legal Centralization and the Rise of the Secular State
	Mark Koyama, George Mason University, Center for Study of Public Choice
	Noel Johnson, George Mason University, Center for Study of Public Choice
•	Theocracy
	Metin M. Cosgel, University of Connecticut
	Thomas J. Miceli, University of Connecticut
•	The Printing Press, Reformation, and Legitimization
	Jared Rubin, Chapman University

10:30am - 12:00pm

7A: The Language of Religion
Chair: William Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
Discussant: Carrie Miles, Empower International Ministries

•	Giving to God, Receiving from God: The Dynamics of Tithing, Generosity, and Thrift among the Enterprising Poor in India
	Rebecca Shah, Georgetown University
•	How Does Cognition Work in Mosque Sermons? Context, Delivery, and Perception
	Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University
	Hande Eslen-Ziya, Bahcesehir University
•	A Textual Analysis of the Social Psychological Structure of the Torah
	Tara Kahn, Wesleyan University

10:30am - 12:00pm

7B: Historical and International Perspectives on Culture and Identity
Chair: Boris Gershman, American University
Discussant: Mark Koyama, George Mason University

•	Abolishing Transitional Gains Traps
	Nathanael Snow, George Mason University
•	The Yellow Veiled Jewess: Stigma or Identity in 15th c. Italy
	LeslieYarmo, Salisbury University
•	Killing Our Spirituality: The Basel Missionaries and the Bakossi Man in Muetug
	Roland Ndille, University of Buea, University of the Free State

10:30am - 12:15pm

7C: Field Experiments
Chair: Mark Isaac, Florida State University
Discussant: Angelina Nikitenko Christie, The Catholic University of America

•	On the Norms of Charitable Giving in Islam: A Field Experiment
	Gerhard Reiner, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
	Fatima Lambarraa, CRC Poverty, Equity and Growth, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
•	Insults and Inefficiency in Coordination: Evidence from India
	Karla Hoff, World Bank
	Priyanka Pandey, World Bank
	Benjamin Brooks, Princeton University
•	The Economics of Faith: An Experiment on Time Preference Two Weeks before the Apocalypse
	Justin M. Rao, Microsoft Research
	Ned Augenblick, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
	Jesse Cunha, Naval Post Graduate Academy
	Ernesto Dal Bo, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
•	Risk Aversion, Health Behaviour and Religiousness: Analysis using a Sample of Danish Twins
	Jytte Seested Nielsen, COHERE, University of Southern Denmark, Newcastle University Business School
	Mickael Bech, COHERE, University of Southern Denmark
	Kaare Christensen, The Danish Twin Registry
	Astrid Kiil, KORA – The Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research
	Niels Christian Hvidt, Health, Man and Society

1:00pm - 2:30pm

8A: The Medium of Religion
Chair: Christopher Bader, Chapman University
Discussant: Zsoka Koczan, University of Cambridge

•	The Secret World
	William Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
•	Conflict over the Use of Religious Symbols in Popular Culture: A Case Study
	John W. Heeren, California State University San Bernardino
•	Lifting the Veil: An Analysis of the Influence of the Media on the Treatment of Islam and Muslims in Britain and the West
	Laurens de Rooij, Durham University

1:00pm - 2:30pm

8B: Gender and Norms
Chair: Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge
Discussants: Karla Hoff, World Bank and Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge

•	A Gender-Based Theory of the Origin of the Caste System of India
	Mukesh Eswaran, University of British Columbia
	Chris Bidner, University of New South Wales
•	The Labour Market Behaviour of Married Women with Young Children in the US: Have Differences by Religion Disappeared?
	Evelyn L. Lehrer, University of Illinois at Chicago
	Yu Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago
•	Hook up Culture, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Collapse of Religion in the West
	Carrie A. Miles, Empower International Ministries

1:00pm - 2:30pm

8C: Beliefs
Chair and Discussant: Robbie Mochrie, Heriot Watt University

•	Up from Scarcity: The Groundwork of the Economics of Morality and Religion
	James Montanye, Consulting Economist
•	The Economic Origins of the Evil Eye Belief
	Boris Gershman, American University
•	Global Capitalism Self-Help Literature, and the Spiritualization of Lifestyles in Egypt
	Jeffrey Kenney, DePauw University

2:45pm - 4:15pm

9A: Legal and Religious Institutions in the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East
Chair/Discussant: Jared Rubin, Chapman University

•	Legal Pluralism and Beratli Merchants in the Ottoman Empire: The Price of Legal Institutions
	Cihan Artunç, Yale University
•	Dispute Resolution in Ottoman Courts: A Quantitative Analysis of Litigations in 18th c. Katamonu
	Metin M. Cosgel, University of Connecticut
	Bogaç Ergene, University of Vermont
•	Was the Middle East’s Economic Descent a Legal or Political Failure? Debating the Islamic Law Matters Thesis
	Adeel Malik, University of Oxford

2:45pm - 4:15pm

9B: Religion and Politics
Chair/Discussant: Stephen Baskerville, Patrick Henry College

•	American Evangelism and the Political Trajectory of Alberta, Canada
	Clark Banack, York University
•	Thresholds in Religion: Christiantiy, Judaism, and Islam
	Mario Ferrero, University of Eastern Piedmont

2:45pm - 4:30pm

9C: Game Theory, Evolution and Religion
Chair: Michael McBride, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Michael Makowsky, Johns Hopkins University

•	An Evolutionary Study of Religious Fundamentalism
	Jonathan Gair, University of Cambridge
	Daniel Friedman, University of California – Santa Cruz
	Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge
	Chander Velu, University of Cambridge
•	The Two Sides of Envy
	Boris Gershman, American University
•	The Application of Game Theory to the Analysis of Moral Preferences
	Paul Bennett, George Mason University
•	Culture, Community and Segregation
	Bryony Reich, University of Cambridge

4:45pm - 6:15pm

10A: Religiosity and Economic Institutions
Chair: Charles North, Baylor University
Discussant: Cihan Artunc, Yale University

•	After the Farm Crisis: Religion in the Rural United States
	Wafa Hakim Orman, University of Alabama in Huntsville
•	Resilient Religiosity under Increased Public Spending: Evidence from School Choice in Late 19th c. France
F11A	Raphael Franck, Bar Ilan University
	Noel D. Johnson, George Mason University
•	Trade and Geography in the Origins and Spread of Islam
	Alireza Naghavi, University of Bologna
	Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University and NBER
	Giovanni Prarolo, University of Bologna

4:45pm - 6:15pm

10B: Discontent, Crime and Terrorism
Chair: Eli Berman, University of California San Diego
Discussant: Jared Rubin, Chapman University

•	Economic Causes of Terrorism: Evidence from Rainfall Variation and Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan
	Shan Aman Rana, University of Cambridge
•	Stealing more is better? Marginal Deterrence in Islamic Criminal Law of Theft
	Moamen Gouda, Philipps-Universitat Marburg
•	‘How Women Engage in Homegrown Terrorism’: A Rational Choice Model for Extreme Deviance
	Alessandra L. Gonzalez, City University of New York, Baylor University
	Joshua D. Freilick, City University of New York, National Consortium for the Studies of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
	Steven M. Chermak, Michigan State University, START

4:45pm - 6:30pm

10C: New and Forthcoming Data and Tools on the ARDA (Association of Religion Data Archives)
Chair: Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University and the ARDA.com

•	Creating a Measurement Wizard
	Christopher Bader, Chapman University and the ARDA.com
•	A Quick Review of 5.2 Million Books: Creating new Data with Ngrams
	Nathaniel Porter, Pennsylvania State University and the ARDA.com
•	Developing New Online Educational Resources
	Jennifer M. McClure, Pennsylvania State University and the ARDA.com
•	New Sources of National and International Data
	Robert R. Martin, Pennsylvania State University and the ARDA.com

7:00pm - 8:00pm

ASREC Social

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Sunday, 14th of April 2013

10:15am – 11:45am

11A: Religion, Economics and Culture in Jewish Communities – ASSJ session in honour of Carmel and Barry Chiswick
Chair: Robbie Mochrie, Herriot-Watt University
Respondent: Carmel Chiswick, George Washington University

•	The Religiously Inefficient Family and American Jewish Intermarriage
	Bruce A. Phillips, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
•	Denominational Variations across Jewish Communities in the United States
	Harriet Hartman, Rowan University, ASSJ
	Ira Sheskin, Jewish Demography Project, Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, University of Miami
•	Philanthropic Decisions of American Jews: The Influence of Religious Identity on Charitable Choices
	Arnold Dashefsky, Berman Institute – North American Jewish Data Bank, University of Connecticut

10:15am - 11:45am

11B: Conflict
Chair: Raphael Franck, Bar Ilan University
Discussant: Smriti Sharma, Delhi School of Economics

•	Hierarchy, Returns to Scale, and Conflict
	Michael D. Makowsky, Paul Smaldino, Johns Hopkins University
•	Swords and Plowshares: Jewish Rebel Governance in British Mandate Palestine, 1920-1948
	David Muchlinski, Arizona State University
•	Naxalite Insurgency and the Economic Benefits of a Unique Robust Security Response
	Saurabh Singhal, University of Southern California

10:15am - 12:00pm

11C: Divine Economics
Chair: Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge
Discussant: Zsoka Koczan, University of Cambridge

•	Progress in Divine Economics
	Syed Nisar Hussain Hamdani, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of AJ&K
	Nazish Rashid, University of AJ&K
	Fozia Munir, University of AJ&K
•	Faith Based after Life Incentives in Philanthropic Behaviour
	Muhammad Asghar Tashfeen, Allama Iqbal Open University
	Tariq Siddique, Government Gordon College Rawalpindi/ Islamabad
	Dr. Muhammad Ali Bhatti, Forman Christian College (Chartered University)
•	Spiritual Human Capital as Determinant of Workers Wellbeing
	Ashar Awan, University of AJ&K
	Syed Nisar Hussain Hamdani, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of AJ&K
•	Religious Beliefs and Economic Behaviours: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
	Syed Akhtar Hussain Shah, National Institute of Management Karachi
	Syeda Asifa Arif, University of AJ&K
	Dr. Tasnim Fatima, Federal Urdu University Karachi