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An Economic Approach to Religion

In: AN ECONOMIC APPROACH TO RELIGION

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  • MICHAEL MCBRIDE

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The following sections are included:IntroductionThe Economic ApproachRational ChoiceReligion in Rational ChoiceWhat is Religion?Scarcity and Religious GoodsVarieties of Religious GoodsSummaryDiscussion QuestionsReadings

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  • Michael Mcbride, 2022. "An Economic Approach to Religion," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: AN ECONOMIC APPROACH TO RELIGION, chapter 1, pages 1-22, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Religion; Economics; Rational Choice; Religious Participation; Believing; Belonging; Behaving; Religious Markets; Religious Regulation; Church Attendance; Social Norms; Cultural Transmission; Religious Capital; Risk; Uncertainty; Credibility; Clubs; Monitoring; Exclusion; Selective Incentives; Congregations; Strictness; Tension; Vitality; Economy of Scale; Economy of Scope; Religious Merger; Bundling; Megachurches; Religious Competition; Religious Pluralism; Church-sect Theory; Religious Segregation; Religious Monopoly; Contestable Market; Religious Deregulation; Evolution of Norms; Animism; Ancestor Worship; Shamanism; In-Group Favoritism; Theory of Mind; Secularization; Veiling;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
    • D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
    • E7 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macro-Based Behavioral Economics
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics

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