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The Long-Run Effects of Religious Persecution: Evidence from the Spanish Inquisition

Mauricio Drelichman, Jordi Vidal-Robert, Hans-Joachim Voth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(33) (2021)

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Abstract

Religious persecution is common in many countries around the globe. There is little evidence on its long-term effects. We collect new data from all across Spain, using information from over 67,000 trials held by the Spanish Inquisition between 1480 and 1820.

Keywords
religious persecution, Spanish Inquisition, long-run effects, trust, economic development
DOI
10.1073/pnas.2022881118
Canonical
https://www.jvoth.com/papers/religious-persecution-spanish-inquisition.html

Mauricio Drelichman, Jordi Vidal-Robert, Hans-Joachim Voth (2021). “The Long-Run Effects of Religious Persecution: Evidence from the Spanish Inquisition.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.