Competition and the strategic choices of churches

Adam D. Rennhoff; Mark F. Owens

doi:10.1257/mic.4.3.152

Competition and the strategic choices of churches

Adam D. Rennhoff, Mark F. Owens

Black School of Business (Behrend)

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We examine how the decisions of churches are impacted by the decisions of rival churches. Using a novel dataset, we estimate a model of strategic interaction, which accounts for the location and denomination of churches. We focus on a church's decision of whether to provide a weekday child care program. Empirical evidence indicates that churches compete more strongly with same-denomination churches than with different-denomination churches. These effects diminish with distance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	152-170
Number of pages	19
Journal	American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.4.3.152
State	Published - 2012

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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