Laurence Iannaccone

Laurence Robert Iannaccone (/ˌjɑːnəˈkoʊni/ YAH-nə-KOH-nee; 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]