| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w23207 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 23207 |
| Why Being Wrong can be Right: Magical Warfare Technologies and the Persistence of False Beliefs | |
| Nathan Nunn; Raul Sanchez de la Sierra | |
| 发表日期 | 2017-03-06 |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Across human societies, one sees many examples of deeply rooted and widely-held beliefs that are almost certainly untrue. Examples include beliefs about witchcraft, magic, ordeals, and superstitions. Why are such incorrect beliefs so prevalent and how do they persist? We consider this question through an examination of superstitions and magic associated with conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Focusing on superstitions related to bulletproofing, we provide theory and case-study evidence showing how these incorrect beliefs persist. Although harmful at the individual-level, we show that they generate Pareto efficient outcomes that have group-level benefits. |
| 主题 | Other ; Economic Systems ; Culture |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w23207 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
| 引用统计 | |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/580881 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nathan Nunn,Raul Sanchez de la Sierra. Why Being Wrong can be Right: Magical Warfare Technologies and the Persistence of False Beliefs. 2017. |
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| 文件名称/大小 | 资源类型 | 版本类型 | 开放类型 | 使用许可 | ||
| w23207.pdf（325KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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