This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent … had to remain within limits for Islam to persist. This was instituted via restrictions on physical capital accumulation …

This research examines the economic origins and spread of Islam in the Old World and uncovers two empirical …. Islam was such a movement. In line with this conjecture, we utilize anthropological information on precolonial traits of …

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent … had to remain within limits for Islam to persist. This was instituted via restrictions on physical capital accumulation …

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent … had to remain within limits for Islam to persist. This was instituted via restrictions on physical capital accumulation …

This research examines the economic origins and spread of Islam in the Old World and uncovers two empirical …. Islam was such a movement. In line with this conjecture, we utilize anthropological information on precolonial traits of … with a strong belief in a moralizing God. -- Religion ; Islam ; Geography ; Redistribution ; Land Inequality ; Africa …

a merely static redistribution system unsustainable. Islam added a set of dynamic redistributive rules that were self …