Jared Rubin
Printing and Protestants: An Empirical Test of the Role of Printing in the Reformation
Chapman University
abstract causes protestant reformation long debated paper seeks revive econometrically test theory spread reformation linked spread printing press test theory analyzing data spread press reformation city level econometric analysis instruments omitted variable bias citys distance mainz birthplace printing suggests cities least one printing press 1500 minimum 29 percentage points likely protestant 1600