Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic

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Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic. / Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck; Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding; Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars; Sharp, Paul Richard.

Coventry : University of Warwick Working Paper Series, 2013.

Publikation: Working paperForskning

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Andersen, TB, Bentzen, JS, Dalgaard, C-JL & Sharp, PR 2013 'Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic' University of Warwick Working Paper Series, Coventry. <https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/research/wpfeed/archive/137_2013_andersen.pdf>

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Andersen, T. B., Bentzen, J. S., Dalgaard, C-J. L., & Sharp, P. R. (2013). Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic. University of Warwick Working Paper Series. CAGE Working papers Bind 2013 Nr. 137 https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/research/wpfeed/archive/137_2013_andersen.pdf

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Andersen TB, Bentzen JS, Dalgaard C-JL, Sharp PR. Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic. Coventry: University of Warwick Working Paper Series. 2013.

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Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck ; Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding ; Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars ; Sharp, Paul Richard. / Pre-Reformation Roots of the Protestant Ethic. Coventry : University of Warwick Working Paper Series, 2013. (CAGE Working papers; Nr. 137, Bind 2013).

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