David Laitin

Stanford University - Department of Political Science

Professor

Stanford, CA 94305

United States

Stanford Immigration Policy Lab

Co-Director

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA 94305

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

14

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Scholarly Papers (14)

1.

A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change

American Political Science Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Jul 2004
Avner Greif and David Laitin
Stanford University - Department of Economics and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 1,457 (27,572)
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Institutional Change, Institutions, Dynamics

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Does Contemporary Armed Conflict Have 'Deep Historical Roots'?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Aug 2014
James D. Fearon and David Laitin
Stanford University and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 550 (104,541)
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conflict, civil war, colonialism

'One Muslim is Enough!' Evidence from a Field Experiment in France

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2012
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Discrimination, Islam, France, Group salience, Experimental economics, Economic theory, Group threat theory, Intergroup contact theory

'One Muslim is Enough!' - Evidence from a Field Experiment in France

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6122
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Nov 2011
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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discrimination, Islam, France, group salience, experimental economics, economic theory, group threat theory, intergroup contact theory

Muslims in France: Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Jul 2012
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Assimilation, Muslim and Christian immigrants, Discrimination, France

Muslims in France: Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6953
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 27 Oct 2012
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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assimilation, Muslim and Christian immigrants, discrimination, France

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The Continental Axis Theory Revisited

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2011
David Laitin and Amanda Robinson
Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Political Science
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Continental Axis, Linguistic Persistence, Ethnic Fractionalization

Gender, Economic Development and Islam: A Perspective from France

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2012
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Gender, Economic Development and Islam: A Perspective from France

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6421
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 Mar 2012
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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development, Islam, gender, discrimination, France, experimental economics

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Identifying Barriers to Muslim Integration in France

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Jan 2011
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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How Persistent is Armed Conflict?

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2012
David Laitin and James D. Fearon
Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Stanford University
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Region of Origin or Religion? Understanding Why Immigrants from Muslim-Majority Countries are Discriminated Against in Western Europe

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Sep 2013
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Hard Targets: Theory and Evidence on Suicide Attacks

NBER Working Paper No. w11740
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
Eli Berman and David Laitin
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
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Diversity and Public Goods: A Natural Experiment with Exogenous Residential Allocation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6053
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Oct 2011
Yann Algan, Camille Hémet and David Laitin
Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne - CNRS-EUREQUA, University of Barcelona - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
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fractionalization, public goods, collective action, discrimination

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Religion, Terrorism and Public Goods: Testing the Club Model

NBER Working Paper No. w13725
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2022
Eli Berman and David Laitin
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 105 (528,691)
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An Equilibrium Alternative to the Study of Culture

The Good Society 15(1): pp 15-20 (2006)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Jan 2015
David Laitin and Barry R. Weingast
Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Stanford University, Department of Political Science
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culture, equilibrium behavior, off the path behavior.

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Immigration into Europe: Economic Discrimination, Violence, and Public Policy

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 17, pp. 43-64, 2014
Posted: 21 May 2014
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International AffairsPrinceton University - Department of Political Science and Stanford University - Department of Political Science

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