Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35041 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3287
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper provides an empirical demonstration of high stakes incentives in relation to religious practice. It shows that, when both positive (carrot) and negative (stick) incentives are available, the former are more effective than the latter. Specifically, it is shown that beliefs in heaven are much more relevant than beliefs in hell when estimating the production of religious commodities (church-attendance and praying equations).
Subjects: 
Carrot/stick
high stakes
rewards
punishment
economics of religion
JEL: 
C91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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