Religion in macroeconomics: A quantitative analysis of Weber's thesis

Economic Theory

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-123

  Cavalcanti, Tiago V ^a   Parente, Stephen L ^b   Zhao, Rui ^b  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Industrial revolution; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247356967     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0181-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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