Econ papers about witches & witch trials:
. @tedmiguel (2005) "Poverty and Witch Killing”

https://doi.org/10.1111/0034-6527.00365
Johnson & Koyama (2014) "Taxes, Lawyers, and the Decline of Witch Trials in France”

https://doi.org/10.1086/674900 
Leeson & Russ (forthcoming) "Witch Trials”

https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12498
Unfortunately that is all for now, but hopefully this inspires more research in this area!
I spoke too soon; here’s another one:

@ProfEmilyOster (2004) "Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe"

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533004773563502
Gershman (2016) "Witchcraft beliefs and the erosion of social capital: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond”

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.11.005
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