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Religious Prohibitions Against Usury

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Reed, C.G.
Bekar, C.T.
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Religious prohibitions against usury constitute a tie-in between religious reward and the use of charity and reciprocal exchange to smooth consumptiopn. We argue that prohibitions will occur when the following apply: consumption smoothing is requied for the survival of the population; charity and/or informal pooling ("informal insurance") are necessary to solve the consumption smoothing problem; solving the problem; is the responsability of the monopoly religion; consumption via the capital market poses a threat to charity and informal pooling.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University in its series Discussion Papers with number dp97-07.

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Length: 37 pages
Date of creation: 1997
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Handle: RePEc:sfu:sfudps:dp97-07

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Keywords: RELIGION ; CONSUMPTION;

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