Entry in Local Religious Markets [Sawkins, Mochrie, Naumov]
J.W. Sawkins, R.I. Mochrie and A.U.Naumov
Heriot-Watt University,
This paper analyses the entry of rival church denominations into local religious markets in late nineteenth century Scotland. Employing a version of the model developed by Bresnahan and Reiss (1990, 1991) data on market structure and population are used to derive probit estimates of entry thresholds. Reasons for the differences between entry thresholds across markets are analysed using historic institutional information. The results shed new light on the way in which church objectives, church financing and religious market structure combine to determine the pattern of entry in local religious markets.
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Published 11/02/2007
Filed under: (2007), *mochrie, *naumov, *sawkins, @asrec'07, nineteenth century, religious markets, scotland