Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20490 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1227
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
fundamentalism
rent-seeking
religion
JEL: 
D72
Z12
D74
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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