García-Montalvo, José; Reynal-Querol, Marta - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2000
This paper analyzes the role of religious conflict in the process of development of a country. We construct an index of religious polarization using data on the proportions of each religion in a country. The index of polarization is an alternative to the usual fragmentation index. We argue that...