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3. Spatial Models of Religious Market Competition: A Critical Assessment

Author : Michael McBride

Published in: Advances in the Economics of Religion

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter critically assesses spatial-location models of religious competition. These models concisely account for several key features of religious markets, are flexible enough to be widely applicable, and generate new insight into our understanding of religious competition. However, the models have ignored other key features of religious markets including cultural transmission of religious values, variation in birth rates across groups, and adaptation by religious suppliers.

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Footnotes
1
Attention is restricted to research using explicit mathematical spatial models instead of verbal descriptions of the spatial models (e.g., Blake 2014).
 
2
Hungerman (2010) describes other shortcomings of the literature on religious competition without specific focus on spatial models.
 
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Metadata
Title
Spatial Models of Religious Market Competition: A Critical Assessment
Author
Michael McBride
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_3