Religion and economic attitudes in post-communist transition

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2014.874656" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2014.874656</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2014.874656" target="_blank" >10.1080/14631377.2014.874656</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Religion and economic attitudes in post-communist transition
Original language description
The role of religion has been discussed as a possible explanation of divergent economic development ever since Max Weber. This article examines its role in the post-communist transition. It adopts the approach of Guiso et al. which is based on data collected at the individual level rather than a cross-country analysis. However, with regard to recent literature we allow for a different interpretation of results. The analysis shows that religion still has an impact on individuals? economic attitudes, evenafter many decades of communist rule. Generally, religion is supportive of pro-market and pro-growth attitudes. The impact of different religions is not uniform, although none of them appears to be an obstacle in transition from a centrally planned economy to the free market. Further, the micro-level findings are compared with the macro-level to explain the differences in the course of transition among post-communist countries.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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