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SUMMARY:phd seminar - Lucy Grinker
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DESCRIPTION:Against the backdrop of well-documented secularisation in Weste
 rn developed countries\, belief in astrology has remained puzzlingly persis
 tent. This phenomenon has received little attention in economics\, despite 
 evidence of renewed interest during times of economic stress and a growing 
 literature in developing contexts showing that astrological beliefs can dis
 tort economic behaviour (Fisman et al.\, 2022\; Ciscato et al.\, 2024\; Lu\
 , et al.\, 2020\; Tan\, et al.\, 2024). This project addresses that gap in 
 two parts. First\, I examine the determinants of belief in astrology of ind
 ividuals across 27 countries\, making use of four waves of the Internationa
 l Social Survey Programme. Second\, I analyse the content of daily U.S. new
 spaper horoscopes from 1970 to 1995\, drawing on a novel database of texts 
 from the most widely-published American astrologers. By mapping how content
  varies across time\, and in response to economic shocks\, the project shed
 s light on why and how belief in horoscopes persists in the face of uncerta
 inty.\\n\\nContact: Xavier Chatron-Colliet : xavier.chatron-colliet[at]univ
 -amu.frArmand Rigotti : armand.rigotti[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'informatio
 ns: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/ali-hassan-l%C3%A9o-loubrado
 u
LOCATION:MEGA - Salle Carine Nourry\, 424\, Chemin du Viaduc\, 13080 Aix-en
 -Provence
URL;VALUE=URI:https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/ali-hassan-l%C3%A9o-loubradou
CONTACT:Xavier Chatron-Colliet : xavier.chatron-colliet[at]univ-amu.frArman
 d Rigotti :&nbsp\;armand.rigotti[at]univ-amu.fr
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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