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The power of religious organizations in human decision processes : analyzing voting behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - 2013
recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223454
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The power of religious organizations in human decision processes : analyzing voting behavior ; conference paper
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - 2014
recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487277
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2013
's recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763997
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - CESifo - 2013
’s recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723526
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Suicide and Religion: New Evidence on The Differences Between Protestantism and Catholicism
Torgler, Benno; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2012
In this study of the persistent social phenomenon of suicide, we find that even though theological and social differences between Catholicism and Protestantism have decreased, Catholics are still less likely than Protestants to commit or accept suicide. This difference remains even after we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561648
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Suicide and Religion: New Evidence on the Differences Between Protestantism and Catholicism
Torgler, Benno; Schaltegger, Christoph A - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2012
In this study of the persistent social phenomenon of suicide, we find that even though theological and social differences between Catholicism and Protestantism have decreased, Catholics are still less likely than Protestants to commit or accept suicide. This difference remains even after we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010564025
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, Davis; Portmann, Marco - QUT Business School - 2013
's recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010900196
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - 2013
's recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328867
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Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History: A Comment on Becker and Woessmann
Schaltegger, Christoph A.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009
This comment makes a contribution to Becker and Woessmann?s paper on a human capital theory of Protestant economic history eventually challenging the famous thesis by Max Weber who attributed economic success to a specific Protestant work ethic (Quarterly Journal of Economics 124 (2) (2009)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004972280
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Religion and economy: a comment
Torgler, Benno; Schaltegger, Christoph - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 3, pp. 2227-2230
right in emphasizing the religion link with work ethic†(p. 71). However, they fail to explore link to Max Weber's work on … religion on work ethic is affected by the level of Protestantism within a society. Thus, compared to McCleary and Barro …'s finding such a result is very much in line with Max Weber's link between religion and work ethic. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562984