Progress in the Economics of Religion

Authors

  • Laurence R. Iannaccone Chapman University
  • Gustavo Sanches Duarte Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/PUC-SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2024vol24i3a28

Keywords:

economics of religion, economic theories of religion, models of religious behavior

Abstract

Text originally published as Progress in the Economics of Religion in the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, v. 150, n. 4, pp. 737-744, 1994. The translation was kindly authorized by the author Laurence R. Iannaccone.

Author Biographies

Laurence R. Iannaccone, Chapman University

Doutor em Economia (UCHICAGO, Estados Unidos). Professor da CHAPMAN (Estados Unidos).

Gustavo Sanches Duarte, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/PUC-SP

Bacharel em ciências econômicas pela Universidade Nove de Julho e mestrando em ciência da religião pela PUC-SP - Bolsista CNPq.     Vínculo institucional: mestrando da PUC-SP.

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