Laurence Iannaccone Explained

Laurence Robert Iannaccone (; born May 24, 1954) is a Professor of Economics at Chapman University, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Orange County, California. Before moving to Chapman in 2009 he was a Koch Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He has established "Religion, Economics, and Culture", an interdisciplinary "Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture" (ASREC), and a new "Consortium for the Economic Study of Religion" (CESR). He is currently working on two books on the economics of religion.^[1] He is considered one of the pioneers of the field,^[2] and one of its most staunch advocates.^[3]

Iannaccone's education includes an MS in mathematics and a 1984 PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.^[1]

See also

• Eli Berman

Further reading

• David Lehman, Rational Choice and the Sociology of Religion, chapter 8 in Bryan S. Turner (ed.) The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion, John Wiley and Sons, 2010,

External links

• Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture

Notes and References

1. http://www.chapman.edu/argyros/asbefacultyadmin/faculty.asp#iannacco Argyros School of Business and Economics Page.
2. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20915FA3B5A0C768DDDAF0894D8404482 Economic Scene; Of conservatism and distinctiveness in the religious marketplace.
3. News: Can organized faith be explained by supply and demand? They think so . . December 6, 2004 . November 30, 2016 . Joseph Weber in Chicago, with Peter Coy in New York.