This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent … had to remain within limits for Islam to persist. This was instituted via restrictions on physical capital accumulation …

—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and on the period up to WWII. Works on Judaism address Jewish occupational specialization, human capital …-day Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the economics of Islam focuses on the role that Islam and Islamic institutions …

—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and on the period up to WWII. Works on Judaism address Jewish occupational specialization, human capital …-day Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Much of the economics of Islam focuses on the role that Islam and Islamic institutions …

This research examines the economic origins and spread of Islam in the Old World and uncovers two empirical …. Islam was such a movement. In line with this conjecture, we utilize anthropological information on precolonial traits of …

Charitable giving is one of the major obligations Islam and a strong Muslim norm endorses giving to the needy, but …

piracy is conducted. As Islam generally prohibits IPR piracy, a set of policy recommendations based on new institutional …