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Studies of the relationship between religion and economics can be divided into three major lines of research …: behavioural economics of religion (microeconomic approach), macroeconomic consequences of religion and religious explanations of … households that economic behaviour and outcome correlate with religion. Furthermore the role of religion on the macroeconomic …
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. -- Religion ; incentives ; individual religiosity …Studies of the relationship between religion and economics can be divided into three major lines of research …: behavioural economics of religion (microeconomic approach), macroeconomic consequences of religion and religious explanations of …
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Recent years have seen increasing interest in economic analyses of religion. We carry out a critical review of … Economics of Religion (EoR) in this review essay. We find that on the one hand EoR has made a significant contribution to … enhance our understanding of secular trappings of religion and to break the stranglehold of non-rational approach to religion …
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Article about the role of Protestantism in shaping the conditions for successful social and economic development of the state. The author compares the Orthodoxy in Russia and European Protestantism as the ideological foundation of ensuring social stability and social progress of the state.
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The one savior paradigm is discussed not only as doctrinal aspect of religious teachings but as one of mostly manifested aspect of our psychic that should be adequately investigated. We suggest simple idea that could serve as starting cognitive model for the one savior paradigm, that might give...
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336038
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers? observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable...
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While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known … about how religion impacts the decision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion on the decision … paper finds that religion shapes the entrepreneurial decision. In particular, some religions, such as Islam and Christianity …
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In this paper we discuss the effects of cultural and particular religious factors on tourist flows into the USA as the world largest tourism destination. To estimate this empirically we run an augmented gravity equation. Our results give evidence that the gravity equation is an adequate...
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