I occasionally write on issues related to politics, economics, and history on my Substack, The Lambda Brief
Here, I discuss Carvalho (2013), which models veiling among muslim women as a commitment mechanism that helps reduce the temptation to engage in religiously prohibited behavior.
In this substack post, I cover Saleh and Tirole (2021) which offers valuable insights into how 'price policies', specifically those related to 'identity taxation' can be strategically employed to induce individuals to abandon their identities, a phenomenon referred to as 'tax-induced conversion'.