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Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism

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  • Gang, Ira N.

    () (Rutgers University)

  • Epstein, Gil S.

    () (Bar-Ilan University)

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We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers’ observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable conditions, rivalry among fundamentalists makes them more extreme.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1227.

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Length: 28 pages
Date of creation: Jul 2004
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Publication status: published in: Public Choice, 2007, 132 (3-4), 257-271
Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp1227

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Keywords: religion; fundamentalism; rent-seeking;

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  1. Correani, Luca & Di Dio, Fabio & Garofalo, Giuseppe, 2009. "The evolutionary dynamics of tolerance," MPRA Paper 18989, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Arce, Daniel G. & Sandler, Todd, 2009. "Fitting in: Group effects and the evolution of fundamentalism," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 31(5), pages 739-757, September.
  3. Robbert Maseland & André Hoorn, 2011. "Why Muslims like democracy yet have so little of it," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 147(3), pages 481-496, June.

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