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dc.contributor.author | Poutvaara, Panu | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wagener, Andreas | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T15:53:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T15:53:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18877 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Religious 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.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunich | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aCESifo Working Paper |x1238 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D71 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J24 | en |
dc.subject.jel | L89 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Z12 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | sects | en |
dc.subject.keyword | religion | en |
dc.subject.keyword | tithes | en |
dc.subject.keyword | religious markets | en |
dc.subject.stw | Religionsgemeinschaft | en |
dc.subject.stw | Religion | en |
dc.subject.stw | Marktmechanismus | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.title | The invisible hand plays dice : eventualities in religious markets | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 856719595 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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