Would You Buy a Used Car from this Priest?  An Economic Theory of Religion and the Church

Hull, Brooks B.; Bold, Frederick

Would You Buy a Used Car from this Priest? An Economic Theory of Religion and the Church

Hull, Brooks B.; Bold, Frederick

1985-07

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This paper uses the theory of the firm to explain a variety of characteristics of religious doctrine and behavior. The paper analyzes doctrine about the afterlife, altering events, temporal happiness, and various social goods including property rights enforcement.

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UM-Dearborn Economics Working Papers

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Religion

Church

Property Rights

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https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/61263

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Arts, Sciences, and Letters, College of (CASL, UM-Dearborn)
Social Sciences: Economics, Department of (UM-Dearborn)

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