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http://hdl.handle.net/2183/19884 Mercados de creencias versus hipótesis de la secularización: aspectos positivos y normativos
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Pena López, A. and Sánchez Santos, J. (2005). Mercados de creencias versus hipótesis de la secularización: aspectos positivos y normativos. Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 23(3), pp.837-861.
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[Resumen:] En el presente trabajo se aborda la dimensión objetiva del hecho religioso con la metodología propia del análisis económico, poniendo en cuestión las derivaciones de la tradicional hipótesis de la secularización, asumida acríticamente por las restantes ciencias sociales. Así, frente a una visión de la Religión como un hecho social en declive, se adopta un enfoque de oferta que explica su evolución con categorías de mercado. A partir de datos observados sobre el comportamiento de la demanda y basándonos en la
interrelación entre competencia inter e intraconfesional, defendemos que los niveles de práctica religiosa serían explicables por las peculiaridades regulatorias de cada mercado de creencias. Estos resultados refuerzan la solidez de la tesis smithiana ya puesta de relieve por L. Iannaccone. La evidencia empírica obtenida justifica una propuesta normativa sobre la necesaria neutralidad de las políticas públicas al respecto.
[Abstract:] In the present work, the objective dimension of religious facts is analysed with the methodology of Economic Analysis. We put to the test the derivations of the traditional hypothesis of the secularization, assumed acritically in most of social sciences. Opposite to that vision of Religion as a social fact in declivity, a supply approach that explains its evolution with categories of market is adopted. Considering the data of demand of religion and the relationship between inter and intraconfessional competition, we show that the levels of religious practice could be explained by the regulatory peculiarities of each market of beliefs. These results reinforce the robustness of the smithian thesis about the religious markets, that L. Iannaccone had emphasized. The empirical evidence justifies a normative proposal on the necessary neutrality of public policies.
[Abstract:] In the present work, the objective dimension of religious facts is analysed with the methodology of Economic Analysis. We put to the test the derivations of the traditional hypothesis of the secularization, assumed acritically in most of social sciences. Opposite to that vision of Religion as a social fact in declivity, a supply approach that explains its evolution with categories of market is adopted. Considering the data of demand of religion and the relationship between inter and intraconfessional competition, we show that the levels of religious practice could be explained by the regulatory peculiarities of each market of beliefs. These results reinforce the robustness of the smithian thesis about the religious markets, that L. Iannaccone had emphasized. The empirical evidence justifies a normative proposal on the necessary neutrality of public policies.
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