Market share and religious competition: Do small market share congregations and their leaders try harder?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 629-649

  Hill, Jonathan P ^a   Olson, Daniel V A ^b  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71649091181     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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