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For Prayer and Profit: West Africa's Religious and Economic Ties to the Gulf 1960s to the Present

Akyeampong, Emmanuel - In: Journal of African Development 12 (2010) 1

West Africa’s historic ties of trade and Islam with the Arabian Peninsula date back to the 7th and 8th Centuries CE. On independence from colonial rule several African countries turned to the Arab world for official development assistance (ODA). The period from the 1990s has seen Gulf...

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What is the relationship of religion to economics?

Beed, Clive - In: Review of Social Economy 64 (2006) 1, pp. 21-45

between religion and economics. No judgement can be drawn from WM as to which of their four classifications might be a, or the … possible. Here, an alternative interpretation of the relationship between religion and economics is investigated, in which WM … to be. Using more current and comprehensive definitions of religion than WM's, a case is constructed that three of their …

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Satisfaction for Whom? Freedom for What? Theology and the Economic Theory of the Consumer

Nixon, Mark - In: Journal of Business Ethics 70 (2007) 1, pp. 39-60

Theological Meaning of Economics. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, Savage, Maryland); 2001, Economics as Religion: From … this religion and is no longer merely a positive framework for understanding consumer choice or estimating market demand …

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Exploring the Gender Gap

Nelsen, Brent F.; Guth, James L. - In: European Union Politics 1 (2000) 3, pp. 267-291

We attempt to further the `normal' study of public opinion in the European Union (EU) by examining the relationship of gender to attitudes toward integration. Using Eurobarometer 42 we demonstrate that a modest gender gap exists, with women being less enthusiastic about the EU than men. We then...

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Amish enterprise: the collective power of ethnic entrepreneurship

Kraybill, Donald B.; Nolt, Steven M.; Wesner, Erik J. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 3-20

This paper examines how Amish communities build and sustain enterprises that produce and/or sell goods to both ethnic and non-ethnic markets. Based on qualitative research including interviews with 161 Amish entrepreneurs in 23 communities in the USA, the authors develop a transformative model...

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Economics and Religion

Chiswick, Carmel U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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’ demand for "religion." It then shows how this demand affects …

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An Economist’s Guide to Heaven

Muller, Nick; Gray, Jo Anna; Stone, Joe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper is the first to offer an economic model of God and humanity as optimizing agents in the context of concrete belief archetypes (religious ‘contracts’) in Judeo-Christian theology. Data support the model’s unique predictions, despite their otherwise counterintuitive, unlikely...

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Economics - A Bahai'i perspective

Imani, Farah - In: Medzinarodne vztahy (Journal of International Relations) 7 (2009) 2, pp. 134-141

This article deals with economics from Bahai'i perspective. The Baha'i Faith is a world-wide religion with more than …

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Can â€˜Religionâ€™ Enrich â€˜Economicsâ€™?

Waterman, A. M. C. - In: Econ Journal Watch 11 (2014) 2, pp. 233-242

The knowledge (if any) afforded by Religion comes by the practice of faith, hope, and charity. It is direct …

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Economics of religion: general aspects

Oliveira, Livio Luiz Soares de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This work aims to present the Economics of Religion. The methodology used is a literature review. Shows the importance … of religion from the perspective of Economics . It addresses the connections between Economics of Religion and Rational … between the Economics of Religion and the Secularization Thesis, emphasizing, mainly, the empirical reality of the persistence …

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