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EMERGENT EXTREMISM IN A MULTI-AGENT MODEL OF RELIGIOUS CLUBS.

This paper extends the club model of religion to better account for observed patterns of extremism. We adapt existing models to a multi-agent framework and analyze the distribution of agents and clubs. We find that extremism is more successful when religious groups are able to produce close substitu...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 327 - 348
Main Author: MAKOWSKY, MICHAEL D.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2012
Subjects:
Religious extremists
Radicalism
Terrorism
Economic impact
Multiagent systems
Quantiles
Regression analysis
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