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Is the importance of religion in daily life related to social trust? Cross-country and cross-state comparisons

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 3, pp. 459-480

We look at the effect of importance of religion in daily life on social trust, defined as the share of a population …

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

The Catholic sex abuse scandals reduced both membership and religiosity in the Catholic Church. Because government spending on welfare may substitute for the religious provision of social services, we consider whether this plausibly exogenous decline in religiosity affected several measures of...

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Anonymous rituals

Hugh-Jones, David; Reinstein, David - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 2, pp. 478-489

benefits, including religion, music and dance, voting, charitable donations, and military traditions. …

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Religion and risky health behaviors among U.S. adolescents and adults

Fletcher, Jason; Kumar, Sanjeev - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (2014) C, pp. 123-140

, and self-reported importance of religion—on risky health behaviors at different stages of the life course. Using the … models, we find novel evidence that intrinsic religiosity—self-reported importance of religion—during adolescence has the …

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Religion, ethnicity and cooperation: An experimental study

Chuah, Swee-Hoon; Hoffmann, Robert; Ramasamy, Bala; … - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 45 (2014) C, pp. 33-43

We investigate how cross-cutting ethnic and religious identities as well as the strength of individual religiosity and fundamentalism affect individual cooperation. In a repeated prisoner’s dilemma experiment, information about subjects’ religious and ethnic identities was either revealed or...

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On the religion-public policy correlation

Soldatos, Soldatos , Gerasimos T. - In: European Economic Letters 3 (2014) 2, pp. 62-68

between religion and resource allocation through the religion-public policy correlation. It is found out that such a …

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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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Religion, Ethics and Development – Method and Metamorphosis (English version)

HANS, SV. Basil - In: Postmodern Openings 8 (2012) January, pp. 23-32

Much has been written about the socio-cultural functions of religion. It is equally important to discuss the role and … impact of religion and ethics on development and promoting reform in civil society. In today’s South Asian context it is … necessary to analyse religion both as a tradition and a representation of modernity. Otherwise it is difficult to clearly …

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The material and immaterial in conflict: Spirituality reduces conspicuous consumption

Stillman, Tyler F.; Fincham, Frank D.; Vohs, Kathleen D.; … - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 1, pp. 1-7

Many spiritual leaders have argued that materialistic pursuits are incompatible with following a spiritual life. Consistent with this view, we found that higher levels of spirituality correspond to a decreased desire to consume material goods in a conspicuous manner. Study 1 was correlational,...

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Religious beliefs, gambling attitudes, and financial market outcomes

Kumar, Alok; Page, Jeremy K.; Spalt, Oliver G. - In: Journal of Financial Economics 102 (2011) 3, pp. 671-708

This study investigates whether geographic variation in religion-induced gambling norms affects aggregate market … larger. Collectively, these results indicate that religion-induced gambling attitudes impact investors' portfolio choices …

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