Trade and Culture: Religion Dynamics

The study seeks to understand the implications of cultural indices like language and religion on international trade. Using data compiled on the three most religious states and the three least religious states in the world, we reviewed the trading activities of these countries alongside their trading partners to find out if they are culturally connected or not. The research controls for colonialism and geographical distance. This is to isolate the effects of common colonial heritage and geographical proximity of countries on the trade between such countries. The study concludes that trade of cultural goods in the most and least religious countries in the world is not significantly determined by cultural layers of religion and language but other factors such as reciprocity trading and economic factors.