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Revival Churches Abuses and Well-Being in Cameroon

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  • Mpabe Bodjongo Mathieu Juliot

    (Public economics, Faculty of Economics and Management of University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon)

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This paper examines how individuals value the establishment of a regulatory mechanism for revival churches (RCs). The analysis focuses on a sample of 1,475 individuals living in the Cameroonian cities of Yaoundé and Douala, based on a field survey. Drawing on theoretical and empirical literature, particularly in the fields of economics of religion, regulatory economics, and experimental economics, the econometric results obtained using the choice experiment method and a nested logit model show that individuals are in favor of setting up a mechanism to reduce the abuses of revival churches having as attributes: (i) “the census of RCs and their pastors”, (ii) the closure of RCs whose pastors have not received theological training from an accredited school, and (iii) the closure of rented RCs. These people are willing to pay 176 XAF for “the census of RCs and their pastors”, 140 XAF for “the closure of RCs where pastors have not received theological training from an accredited school”, and 253 XAF for “the closure of rented RCs”.

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  • Mpabe Bodjongo Mathieu Juliot, 2025. "Revival Churches Abuses and Well-Being in Cameroon," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 21(1), pages 121-146.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:rlecon:v:21:y:2025:i:1:p:121-146:n:1002
    DOI: 10.1515/rle-2024-0035
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    Keywords

    religion market imperfection; well-being; market regulation; experimental economics;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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