The Consequences Of Religious Market Structure Adam Smith And The Economics Of Religion
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Author | : Iannaccone, Laurence |
Publisher | : London, Ont. : University of Western Ontario, Political Economy Research Group |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780771413100 |
Author | : Laurence Robert Iannaccone |
Publisher | : London, Ont. : University of Western Ontario, Political Economy Research Group |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Christianity |
ISBN | : 9780771413087 |
Author | : Laurence R. Iannaccone |
Publisher | : London, Ont. : University of Western Ontario, Political Economy Research Group |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1991 |
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ISBN | : 9780771413094 |
Author | : Robert M Sauer |
Publisher | : World Scientific |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2023-04-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9811273154 |
Adam Smith, one of the founding fathers of contemporary economics, observed that religiosity is influenced by the extent of regulation in the 'market' for religion. In countries where there is a state-sponsored religion, one can expect less overall religiosity than if the market were competitive and religions had to compete to increase their membership. Religion, he claims, is like other goods and services supplied in a market economy.Max Weber, one of the founding fathers of contemporary sociology, similarly proposed that religiosity and economic principles are strongly interconnected phenomena. Weber famously thought that Protestant religious beliefs about the importance of work, savings and trustworthiness played an important role in sparking the Industrial Revolution and accelerating economic growth in the Western World.This edited volume contains original contributions by eminent scholars in the new and emerging field of the economics of religion. The contributions expand upon the ground-breaking ideas of Adam Smith and Max Weber. The chapters also illuminate new directions for research in this relatively young, intellectually exciting, and rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of scientific inquiry.
Author | : Jonathan Gruber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Religion plays an important role in the lives of many Americans, but there is relatively little study by economists of the implications of religiosity for economic outcomes. This likely reflects the enormous difficulty inherent in separating the causal effects of religiosity from other factors that are correlated with outcomes. In this paper, I propose a potential solution to this long standing problem, by noting that a major determinant of religious participation is religious market density, or the share of the population in an area which is of an individual's religion. I make use of the fact that exogenous predictions of market density can be formed based on area ancestral mix. That is, I relate religious participation and economic outcomes to the correlation of the religious preference of one's own heritage with the religious preference of other heritages that share one's area. I use the General Social Survey (GSS) to model the impact of market density on church attendance, and micro-data from the 1990 Census to model the impact on economic outcomes. I find that a higher market density leads to a significantly increased level of religious participation, and as well to better outcomes according to several key economic indicators: higher levels of education and income, lower levels of welfare receipt and disability, higher levels of marriage, and lower levels of divorce.
Author | : James Halteman |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2007-01-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1556351704 |
"Halteman's analysis makes a highly important contribution to the continuing discussion. I recommend this book with enthusiasm".------Carl Kreider, Dean Emeritus, Goshen College
Author | : Larry Witham |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2010-05-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0195394755 |
Two centuries after Adam Smith illuminated the workings of the marketplace, a new movement among economists and social scientists is expanding his insights into a groundbreaking "economics of religion." Using cutting edge ideas from the behavioral sciences, and a deep knowledge of religious history, this new approach is making sense not only of past beliefs, but of religion today.In Marketplace of the Gods, award-winning journalist Larry Witham tells the inside story of this expanding "economic approach" to religion, the puzzles it tries to solve, the controversies it has stirred, and the people who are making it happen. He shows that the economic approach, while evoking images of stock markets or accounting ledgers, actually begins with a simple idea about human beings as rational actors, judging costs and benefits in life. Every life has limits, so human experience is a series of trade-offs, balancing resources to make choices for the best possible benefits. As the economics of religion shows, this model can be applied to the rich story of the human race and its gods. Beginning with the individual, the choices in religion shape households, groups, movements, and entire "religious economies" of nations. On the one hand, this mixing of the profane and the sacred, the economic and the religious, is an exciting exchange of ideas between economics, sociology, psychology, history, and theology. On the other, it has spurred a lively protest. Indeed, for some, the economic approach seems to transform our good angels into grubby consumers.As Witham shows, however, the economic approach to religion has insights for everyone, believers and skeptics alike. He illuminates this approach in a volume rich with ideas, history, contemporary events, and the insights of some of our sharpest modern-day thinkers.
Author | : Lionel Obadia |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2011-10-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1780522282 |
Explores the fresh paradigms of 'religious economics' and 'economies of religion' under the scope of transdisciplinary and international perspectives. This title examines and appraises some of the theoretical developments and methodological innovations in religious and social sciences.
Author | : Rebecca M. Blank |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2003-12-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0815796285 |
In the great tradition of moral argument about the nature of the economic market, Rebecca Blank and William McGurn join to debate the fundamental questions—equality and efficiency, productivity and social justice, individual achievement and personal rights in the workplace, and the costs and benefits of corporate and entrepreneurial capitalism. Their arguments are grounded in both economic sophistication and religious commitment. Rebecca Blank is an economist by training and describes herself as "culturally Protestant in the habits of mind and heart." She has also chaired the committee that wrote the statement on Christian faith and economic life adopted by the United Church of Christ. Addressing market failure, for her, requires that sometimes "freedom to choose" give way to other human values. William McGurn, a journalist and a Roman Catholic, uses his expertise in economics to reflect on the teachings of the church concerning the morality of the market. For McGurn, humans reach their fullest potential when they are free from the constraints of others. He writes that "our quarrel is not so much with Adam Smith or Milton Friedman but with the Providence that so clearly designed man to be his most prosperous at his most free." This book grapples with the new imperatives of a global economy while working in the classic tradition of political economy which always treated seriously the questions of morality, justice, productivity, and freedom.
Author | : Jean-Paul Carvalho |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 2019-06-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3319988484 |
This edited collection brings together expertise from around the globe to overview and debate key concepts and concerns in the economics of religion. While the economics of religion is a relatively new field of research in economics, economists have made and continue to make important contributions to the understanding of religion. There is much scope for economists to continue to make a significant contribution to debates about religion, including its implications for conflict, political economy, public goods, demography, education, finance, trade and economic growth.