Religious polarization and economic development Export

@article{montalvoreynal03, abstract = {This paper analyzes the effect of religious diversity on economic development. We argue that the religious polarization index is more appropriate to measure the effect of potential conflict on economic development than the traditional fragmentation index. The empirical exercises support this view.}, author = {Montalvo, Jose G. and Reynal-Querol, Marta}, citeulike-article-id = {3843050}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00080-6}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165-1765(03)00080-6}, doi = {10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00080-6}, issn = {01651765}, journal = {Economics Letters}, keywords = {diversity, growth, religion}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {201--210}, posted-at = {2009-01-02 20:14:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Religious polarization and economic development}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00080-6}, volume = {80}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - montalvoreynal03 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3843050 N2 - This paper analyzes the effect of religious diversity on economic development. We argue that the religious polarization index is more appropriate to measure the effect of potential conflict on economic development than the traditional fragmentation index. The empirical exercises support this view. IS - 2 JF - Economics Letters SN - 01651765 EP - 210 TI - Religious polarization and economic development VL - 80 SP - 201 KW - diversity KW - growth KW - religion AU - Montalvo, Jose AU - Reynal-Querol, Marta PY - 2003/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00080-6 ER -