The effect of being Protestant on entrepreneurial choice
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Keywords
Religion; Protestantism; Entrepreneurship;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2018-09-03 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-INO-2018-09-03 (Innovation)
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