Going to Hell in Asia: The Relationship between Risk and Religion in a Cross Cultural Setting

This paper explores the relationship between an individual's risk preference and his or her personal religiosity. Miller and Hoffmann (1995) proposed that being irreligious is a form of risk-taking behavior, and further found that approximately half of the difference between male and female lev...

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Main Author: Miller, Alan S. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2000
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2000, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-18
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