Religion has not been a popular target for economic analysis. Yet the tools of economics
can offer deep insights into how religious groups compete, deliver social services, and reach …

This chapter tries to synthesize the progress that economists have made towards
understanding various aspects of the role of religion in human societies from a development …

In the early 1990s, little work was being produced on the economics of religion; today,
dozens of papers are being written (and published) on the topic, including articles in the top …

The economics of religion lays aside transcendent claims of the church to study it as a social
organization that uses scarce resources to achieve its ends. In contrast to the secularization …

How do states construct political order and generate voluntary compliance from the
population? A prominent strategy is the cooptation of influential social institutions like …

A brief survey of the economic analysis of religion precedes an account of the development
of religious institutions in Scotland in the nineteenth century. Sources of data for cliometric …

The sociological secularization thesis and supply-side approach to religious change are
associated with competing expectations of the effects of religious diversity; decline in the …