activity and religious affiliation. The relationship between religion and economic development has attracted recent attention …. A positive association may indicate that religion raises the social acceptability of entrepreneurial activity, by … national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global …

. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we then characterize conditions under which a temporary decline in social mobility … produces a large and long-lasting rise in religious participation. Religion in our model helps to cope with loss, which occurs …

This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … "no religion" made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …

There is a long tradition in psychology, the social sciences and, more recently though, economics to hypothesize that … religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …

This paper provides an overview of the relationship between economics and religion. It first considers the effects of … economic incentives in the religious marketplace on consumersﾒ demand for "religion." It then shows how this demand affects …

The economics of religion is a relatively new field of research in economics. This survey serves two purposes – it is …. Several factors have influenced the economics of religion: (1) new developments in theoretical models including spatial models … economics of religion to reflect upon in years to come …