全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of US Denominations

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w16964
来源ID	Working Paper 16964
	Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of US Denominations
	Gordon H. Hanson; Chong Xiang
发表日期	2011-04-21
出版年	2011
语种	英语
摘要	In this paper we build a model of market competition among religious denominations, using a framework that involves incomplete contracts and the production of club goods. We treat denominations akin to multinational enterprises, which decide which countries to enter based on local market conditions and their own "productivity." The model yields predictions for how a denomination's religious doctrine and governance structure affect its ability to attract adherents. We test these predictions using data on the foreign operations of US Protestant denominations in 2005 from the World Christian Database. Consistent with the model, we find that (1) denominations with stricter religious doctrine attract more adherents in countries in which the risk of natural disaster or disease outbreak is greater and in which government provision of health services is weaker, and (2) denominations with a decentralized governance structure attract more adherents in countries in which the productivity of pastor effort is higher. These findings shed light on factors determining the composition of religion within countries, helping account for the rise of new Protestant denominations in recent decades.
主题	International Economics ; International Factor Mobility ; Public Economics ; Public Goods
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w16964
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/574639
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gordon H. Hanson,Chong Xiang. Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of US Denominations. 2011.

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