The economic origins of the evil eye belief

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Vol/Iss. 110 Published In Pages: 119-144
By Gershman, Boris

Hypothesis

In weakly institutionalized traditional societies, the evil eye belief will be associated with wealth inequality.

Note

Table 2

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
RegressionSupportedUNKNOWNR-squared = .41UNKNOWN