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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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Religious participation is much more widespread in the United States than in Europe, while Europeans tend to view sects more suspiciously than Americans. We propose an explanation for these patterns without assuming differences in preferences or market fundamentals. Religious markets may have...
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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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Sacrifices to deities occur in nearly all known religions. In this paper, we report on our attempts to elicit this type of religious behaviour towards Theoi in the laboratory. The theory we test is that, when faced with uncertainty, individuals attempt to engage in a reciprocal contract with the...
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