Competition and the Strategic Choices of Churches

Adam D. Rennhoff and Mark Owens

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2012, vol. 4, issue 3, 152-70

Abstract: We examine how the decisions of churches are impacted by the decisions of rival churches. Using a novel dataset, we estimate a model of strategic interaction, which accounts for the location and denomination of churches. We focus on a church's decision of whether to provide a weekday child care program. Empirical evidence indicates that churches compete more strongly with same-denomination churches than with different-denomination churches. These effects diminish with distance. (JEL J13, L31, Z12)

JEL-codes: J13 L31 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
Note: DOI: 10.1257/mic.4.3.152
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