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Preaching to the choir? Economic analysis of Church Growth

Mangeloja, Esa - Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Facultad … - 2007

Economic theory, applied economic modeling and econometric methods offer advantageous tools for analyzing numerous organizations, institutions and social contexts which are not inherently downright economical by nature, as religious markets. In contemporary rational choice religious market...

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Incentives in Judeo-Christian beliefs: an economist's guide to heaven

Muller, Edward N; Stone, Joe A - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 1300-1310

This paper links incentives posed by Judeo-Christian beliefs to economic behavior. Tests support strength for the links even when likely bias favors the alternative one would otherwise expect. Model results explain why strength of faith is irrelevant to behavior in some belief archetypes but...

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(When) are religious people nicer? Religious salience and the ``Sunday effect'' on pro-social behavior

Malhotra, Deepak - In: Judgment and Decision Making 5 (2010) 2, pp. 138-143

the salience of religion and religious norms. I report a field experiment that examined when auction participants will …-religious individuals to respond to an appeal ``for charity'' only on days that they visit their place of worship; on other days of the week … disappears when the appeal ``for charity'' is replaced by an appeal to bid for other (i.e., competitive) reasons. Implications …

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Religiosity and state welfare

Dills, Angela K.; Hernández-Julián, Rey - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (2014) C, pp. 37-51

, although this increase is insufficient to replace the decrease in Catholic-provided charity. …

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Voting behavior in Indonesia from 1999 to 2014 : religious cleavage or economic performance?

Higashikata, Takayuki; Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In this study, we examine the voting behavior in Indonesian parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2014. After summarizing the changes in Indonesian parties' share of the vote from a historical standpoint, we investigate the voting behavior with simple regression models to analyze the effect of...

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Understanding spirituality as experienced by Catholic entrepreneurs

Raco, Jozef Richard; Tanod, Rafael H.M. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 40-51

The purpose of this paper is to find out the meaning of spirituality as described by Catholic entrepreneurs based on their daily experiences. The data were collected through open ended interviews. Eight entrepreneurs were interviewed. Data analysis and interpretation used phenomenological...

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Alternative Education or Teaching Radicalism? New Literature on Islamic Education in Southeast Asia

Warnk, Holger - In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 28 (2009) 4, pp. 111-132

monographs on South Thailand and Myanmar/ Burma, one is a collection of essays on Indonesia, Malaysia, South Thailand, Cambodia …

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Bermuda; Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

In the case of Bermuda, application of risk-based approaches seems particularly relevant not only to the insurance sector, but also to other types of financial and nonfinancial activities. The legal framework for investigation and prosecution of money laundering (ML) is well developed, and law...

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Republic of Belarus; Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for the Republic of Belarus. The assessment reveals that compliance supervision in Belarus is detailed with a strong culture of onsite examination. Two...

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Hofstede, Schwartz, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research

Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

shift at an enormous speed; and above all, religion and family values can be an important assett in the stability of … research uses data from the World Values Survey project to study the relationship between religion, denominations and economic … original 30 variables and the newly derived factor analytical dimensions: a) economic permissiveness b) traditional religion c …

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