Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With … figures of 272 cities in the years 1300–1900, I find no effects of Protestantism on economic growth. The finding is precisely …. Protestantism has no effect when interacted with other likely determinants of economic development. Instrumental variables estimates …

countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal problems. Survey data show that, within Germany, views on theeuro …

countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal problems. Survey data show that, within Germany, views on the …

Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With … figures of 272 cities in the years 1300-1900, I find no effects of Protestantism on economic growth. The finding is precisely …. Protestantism has no effect when interacted with other likely determinants of economic development. Instrumental variables estimates …

countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal problems. Survey data show that, within Germany, views on the …

Many theories, most famously Max Weber’s essay on the “Protestant ethic,” have hypothesized that Protestantism should …. Using population figures in a dataset comprising 272 cities in the years 1300–1900, I find no effects of Protestantism on … selection or small sample size. In addition, Protestantism has no effect when interacted with other likely determinants of …

We revisit Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is …-century Prussia we reject Weber's suggestion that Protestantism mattered due to an "ascetic compulsion to save". Moreover, we find that …