Religion and Charitable Donations: Experimental Evidence from Africa.
We hypothesize that there are two mechanisms by which religion can affect prosocial behaviors. Being reminded about religion can induce prosocial behaviors through an external, triggering effect. The underlying beliefs can have an effect through internal mechanisms. To untangle these competing effec...
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 178 - 197 |
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