Religion and international trade: Does the sharing of a religious culture facilitate the formation of trade networks?: Comparitive institutional analysis

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 765-794

  Lewer, Joshua J ^a   Van Den Berg, Hendrik ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 35348987096     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2007.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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