| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14706 |
| DP14706 The Power of Religion | |
| Jeanet Bentzen; Gunes Gokmen | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-05-04 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Why does religion play a central role in some societies? Rulers have historically used religion to legitimize their power, which incentivized them to embed religion into institutions. This institutionalization of religion thus may explain why religion persists despite modernization. Using data across 1265 premodern societies and 176 countries, we provide evidence supporting divine legitimization and the resulting institutionalization of religion. For identification, we exploit exogenous variation in the incentives to employ religion for power purposes. We document two implications: countries that relied more on divine legitimization are more autocratic today and their populace more religious. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Economic History ; Macroeconomics and Growth ; Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Persistence of religion Institutionalization of religion Religious laws Religion Religious legitimization Divine legitimization Stratification High gods Democracy Religiosity |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14706 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543623 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jeanet Bentzen,Gunes Gokmen. DP14706 The Power of Religion. 2020. |
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