Luc Renneboog|Christophe Spaenjers
Religion, economic attitudes, and household finance
Tilburg University|Tilburg University
investigate differences economic attitudes financial decisions religious nonreligious householdsusing dutch survey data find religious households consider trusting stronger bequest motive longer planning horizonfurthermore catholics attach importance thrift risk averse protestants combine external locus control greater sense financial responsibilityreligious households likely savecatholic households invest less frequently stock marketeconomic attitudes particularly helpful explaining financial decisions catholic households