This work has as objective to analyze the supposed existing positive relation between financial development and economic growth. The financial system influences the economic growth due to the functions that it plays, such as: ) the mobilization of resources; b) allocation of the resources in the...

Background: The number of patients with chronic renal disease (CRD) has grown worldwide, especially in Brazil. This disease increases the public expenditure, besides having other economic implications and impacts. Most patients are in the productive age, range (15-49 years old). Purpose: The...

O objetivo deste trabalho é expor, com base na literatura de Economia da Religião, a premissa de racionalidade humana relacionada ao comportamento religioso. Serão abordados conceitos e definições da Economia da Religião, o objeto de interesse dessa disciplina, isto é, as questões com as...

O moderno marco inicial da Economia da Religião é o modelo apresentado por Azzi e Ehrenberg em 1975 para a freqüência religiosa. Este modelo possui na literatura diversos trabalhos empíricos visando testar as suas hipóteses. Neste artigo, testa-se as hipóteses do modelo de Azzi e...

This paper has as its main purpose to understand the social incentives and spreadings of criminal behavior for different kind of crimes (intentional homicides, murders and against heritage) at the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, during 2013 and 2014. The results are: crime deterrence due...

This paper shows an application of Promotion Tournaments to religious organizations, which is appropriate, especially in the case of highly ranked institutions such as the Catholic Church. With this objective, we seek to verify the suitability of the use Tournaments in religious organizations,...