is more pronounced in countries where Islam is the source of legislation. Constitutions changed in only four Muslim …

democratic. Hanusch takes issue with my results - and by inference with all past empirical results on the relation between Islam …. He establishes his conclusion by excluding the heartland of Islam from the estimation sample. For his estimates, Hanusch … in the heartland of Islam. -- political institutions ; Islam …

matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …

. First steps towards integrating awards into economic theory are undertaken. -- Awards ; non-monetary incentives ; economics …Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large variety and number of awards …. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paper documents the prevalence of awards in the economics …

happiness research is able to contribute important insights for economics. We report how the economic variables income … some of the consequences for economic policy and for economic theory. …