Protestantism and Government Spending: a Negative Relationship? An Empirical Application to Swiss Cantons
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- Fischer, Justina AV & Schneider, Friedrich, 2007. "Protestantism and Government Spending: a Negative Relationship? An Empirical Application to Swiss Cantons," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 685, Stockholm School of Economics.
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Keywords
Protestantism; Culture; Government Spending; Public Finance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
- A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
- H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2008-02-02 (Public Economics)
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