Rational praying: The economics of prayer

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Brown, Timothy Tyler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grossman model; Prayer; Religion; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649205308     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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