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Thou shalt not bear false witness against your customers : cultural norms and the Volkswagen scandal
Hasan, Iftekhar; Noth, Felix; Tonzer, Lena - 2019
This paper investigates whether cultural norms shaped by religion drive consumer decisions after a corporate scandal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112494
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The determinants of church attendance and religious human capital in Germany : evidence from panel data
Heineck, Guido - 2001
This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of 'religious human capital' in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435639
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An economic theory of religious belief
Strulik, Holger - 2016
In this paper I consider how individuals allocate their time between church attendance (and other religious activities) and secular leisure activities. Moreover individuals use a cognitive style, which is either intuitive-believing or reflective-analytical. I assume that the full benefit from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436728
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The determinants of church attendance and religious human capital in Germany : evidence from panel data
Heineck, Guido - 2001
This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of 'religious human capital' in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260777
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Behavioral Assumptions of Islamic Economics Revisited : Is the Giving Behavior of Muslims Different From Others?
Çokgezen, Murat - 2019
Islamic economics (IE) assumes an altruistic economic agent who spends his income not only on himself but also on others through charity. Since this behavioral norm is attributed only to Muslims, this implicitly means that the giving behavior of Muslims is different from others. This study aims...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901083
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Countering misinformation with targeted messages : experimental evidence using mobile phones
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2021
into either Muslim or Hindu, guaranteeing exogenous variation in religion concordance between messenger and recipient … misconceptions are observed only when there is religion concordance and mainly for religious-salient misconceptions. Correcting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612903
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The causal effect of religious and environmental identity on green preferences : a combined priming and stated choice experiment
Engler, Daniel; Groh, Elke D.; Ziegler, Andreas - 2019 - Preliminary version
Using a stated choice experiment, we find that a prime that makes environmental identity salient makes people behave greener, whereas it does not if it makes religious identity salient. Further-more, we discover non-linear priming effects for environmental identity, which means that rais-ing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012309732
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Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviors
Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Plopeanu, … - 2021
While under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in … relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533854
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The Price of Freedom : Consumerism and Liberty in Secular Research and Catholic Teaching
Abela, Andrew - 2008
This article contrasts the secular and Catholic literature on consumerism and its implications for liberty. Three specific questions are considered: Is consumerism harmful to liberty? Is it a necessary consequence of a market economy? Who is responsible for consumerism? The article shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220374
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The Determinants of Church Attendance and Religious Human Capital in Germany : Evidence from Panel Data
Heineck, Guido - 2002
This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of "religious human capital" in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113789