Toward an Economic Theory of "Fundamentalism"

Laurence Iannaccone ()

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1997, vol. 153, issue 1, 100-

Abstract: This essay outlines an economic approach to the study of sectarian religion, an approach that explains and integrates many of the empirical findings concerning contemporary "fundamentalism." It also seeks to identify assumptions that have biased previous studies, causing them to overstate fundamentalism's threat and misinterpret the causes of fundamentalist militancy.

JEL-codes: Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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