9 October 2006

Larry Iannaccone will be talking on EconTalk (Podcast) on Economics of Religion.

Professional Profile

Laurence R. Iannaccone
Larry Iannaccone is Koch Professor of Economics at George Mason University and director of CESR. Prior to joining George Mason University faculty in 2002, he was Professor of Economics at Santa Clara University and had served as a National Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Stanford's Hoover Institution.

Larry earned his M.S. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, and wrote his doctoral thesis on rational addiction and religious behavior in 1984.

Professor Iannaccone is one of the world's leading authority on the economics of religion. His research on the economics of religion has appeared in The Journal of Political Economy, The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Literature, Economic Inquiry, The American Journal of Sociology, The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and many other journals and books.