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20. Religious Legitimacy and the Joint Evolution of Culture and Institutions

Authors : Alberto Bisin, Avner Seror, Thierry Verdier

Published in: Advances in the Economics of Religion

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Religious legitimacy is becoming a central concept in historical economics, in comparative studies of the political economy of preindustrial societies in particular. In this short chapter, we provide some preliminary insights on the emergence of religious legitimacy in the context of the general theory of the evolution of institutions and culture. We show that it is the interaction of institutions and culture that is responsible for the most relevant implications of religious legitimacy in terms of economic growth and prosperity.

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See also Coşgel and Miceli (2009) for a related model.
 
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Metadata
Title
Religious Legitimacy and the Joint Evolution of Culture and Institutions
Authors
Alberto Bisin
Avner Seror
Thierry Verdier
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Advances in the Economics of Religion

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-98847-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-98848-1

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98848-1_20