Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck; Bentzen, Jeanet; Dalgaard, … - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2011
We advance the hypothesis that cultural values such as high work ethic and thrift, “the Protestant ethic” according to Max Weber, may have been diffused long before the Reformation, thereby importantly affecting the pre-industrial growth record. The source of pre-Reformation Protestant...