The Protestant ethic and entrepreneurship: Evidence from religious minorities in the former Holy Roman Empire

We investigate the effect of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the decision to become an entrepreneur in former Holy Roman Empire regions. Our research design exploits religious minorities' strong attachment to religious ethic and the predetermined historical determination of religious minori...

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Volume:	51
Main Author:	Nunziata, Luca Rocco, Lorenzo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	NEW YORK Elsevier B.V 01.01.2018 ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
published in:	European Journal of Political Economy Vol. 51; pp. 27 - 43
ORCID:	0000-0002-4034-3724
Data of publication:	January 2018
ISSN:	0176-2680 1873-5703
EISSN:	1873-5703
Discipline:	Economics Religion Political Science
Subjects:	Religion Protestantism Catholicism Entrepreneurship Culture Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Government & Law Political Science Entrepreneurship J21 Religion Protestantism Z12 Catholicism J24 Z13 Culture UNITED-STATES SUCCESS SIZE RISK-AVERSION CATHOLICS GERMANY PREFERENCES COMPETITION TRAITS CULTURAL TRANSMISSION
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2018 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS