Is it protestant tradition or current protestant population that affects corruption?

The percentage of Protestants 100Â years ago has a more significant impact on today's level of corruption than the current percentage of Protestants within a country. This supports Williamson [Williamson, O.E., 2000. The new institutional economics: taking stock, looking ahead, Journal of Economic Literature XXXVIII, 595-613]'s claim that religion is at Level-1 of social analysis.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Gokcekus, Omer
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 99.2008, 1, p. 59-62
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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