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dc.contributor.authorPoutvaara, Panuen
dc.contributor.authorWagener, Andreasen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:53:31Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:53:31Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18877-
dc.description.abstractReligious participation is much more widespread in the United States than in Europe, whileEuropeans tend to view sects more suspiciously than Americans. We propose an explanationfor these patterns without assuming differences in preferences or market fundamentals.Religious markets may have multiple equilibria, suggesting that observed differences inreligious structures may merely be eventualities. Further, equilibria with more sects result inhigher welfare and lower membership costs, as secular societies tend to host on average moredemanding sects. Our main methodological contribution to the theory of religious markets isendogenizing simultaneously supply and demand of spiritual services.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1238en
dc.subject.jelD71en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelL89en
dc.subject.jelZ12en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsectsen
dc.subject.keywordreligionen
dc.subject.keywordtithesen
dc.subject.keywordreligious marketsen
dc.subject.stwReligionsgemeinschaften
dc.subject.stwReligionen
dc.subject.stwMarktmechanismusen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleThe invisible hand plays dice : eventualities in religious markets-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn856719595en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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