Agricultural Risk and the Spread of Religious Communities
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- Philipp Ager & Antonio Ciccone, 2014. "Agricultural risk and the spread of religious communities," Economics Working Papers 1432, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Oct 2016.
- Philipp Ager & Antonio Ciccone, 2015. "Agricultural Risk and the Spread of Religious Communities," Working Papers 0074, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
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- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
- O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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