Why are Catholic countries more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones?
Channel: Jason García Portilla
Date: 2021-12-19

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-78498-0

This open access book (2022) demonstrates the differences in the institutionalization of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism by applying quantitative and qualitative methods and by performing a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of 65 countries. The book also provides a comprehensive survey and results of empirical research on different theories of development, focusing on the influence of religion.

Keywords:
Religion, Corruption, Prosperity, Roman Catholicism, Protestant Reformation, Church-State relations, Competitiveness, Europe and the Americas