“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” - A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption, Competitiveness, and Christianity in Europe and the Americas

Part I: Introductory Considerations and Research Setting.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Research Setting.- Part II: Conceptual Framework.- 3. The Outcome (Criterion Variables).- 4. Diagnosing Corruption and Prosperity in Europe and the Americas (A).- 5. Conditions (Predictor Variables): Theories Explaining Prosperity Differences  (B), (C), (D), (E).- Part III: Theoretical Foundations.- 6. Corruption and Religion (A), (B), (1).- 7. Prosperity and Religion (A), (B), (1).- 8. Institutions, Corruption/Prosperity, and Religion (A), (B), (D), (1), (3), (6).- 9. Education, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2).- 10. Culture, Religion, and Corruption/Prosperity (A), (B), (C), (1), (2).- 11. Language and Religion.- 12. Environment/Geography and Prosperity/Transparency (E), (4), (7).- Part IV: Research Paradigms, Methodology, and Research Design.- 13. Applied Research Paradigms.- 14. Methodology.- Part V: Empirical Results.- 15. Component 1 (Macro): Quantitative (Regression) Analysis.- 16. Component 2 (Meso): Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).- Part VI: Component 3 (Micro).- 17. Case Selection Criteria, Methods, and Data Treatment.- 18.    a) Switzerland: Extreme Positive Case Study (Worldwide).- 19. b) Uruguay: Extreme Positive Case Study (Latin America).- 20. c) Cuba: A Sui Generis Case Study (Communist proxy).- 21. d) Colombia: Extreme Negative Case Study.- 22. Summary Overview of the Four Case Studies.- Part VII: Discussion and Conclusions.- 23. Integrative Conclusions.- 24. Other Considerations.- 25. Concluding Remarks.