Religionsökonomie: eine Übersicht

For a long time, religion has been viewed as a topic outside the range of economics. In the last few decades however, economists increasingly started to extend their methods to non-market-based behavior, including religion. One main research area in the economics of religion concerns the economic consequences of religion both for the individual and for the society at large. The second field of research uses economic reasoning to explain religious behavior of individuals as well as the existence of religious groups. This article provides an overview on this literature and summarizes the main conclusions drawn so fa