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Durlauf, Steven; Fafchamps, Marcel - EconWPA - 2004

This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...

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Measuring Social Capital in Italy. An Exploratory Analysis

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

The aim of this paper is to trace a map of Italian local social capital endowments. It focuses on the “structural” dimension of the concept, as identified with social networks. The analysis is based on a dataset collected by the author including about two hundred indicators of five main...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407641

Social capital as social networks. A new framework for measurement

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

The contribution of this paper to the social capital literature is twofold. Drawing on the Italian data, it firstly provides a new framework for measurement, allowing to build indicators for five different components of the multidimensional concept of social capital. Secondly, it provides a...

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Un atlante del capitale sociale italiano

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper is the Italian version of “Measuring Social Capital in Italy”, presented at the Third Forum for Young Researchers promoted by the Italian Sociological Association and at the Second Workshop for Young Economists organized by the University of Bologna. The contribution of this paper...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118976

Un atlante del capitale sociale italiano

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper is the Italian version of “Measuring Social Capital in Italy”, presented at the Third Forum for Young Researchers promoted by the Italian Sociological Association and at the Second Workshop for Young Economists organized by the University of Bologna. The contribution of this paper...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119025

The empirics of social capital and economic development: a critical perspective

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407737

The empirics of social capital and economic development. A critical perspective

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556075

The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development

Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel; Stone, Andrew H. W. - EconWPA - 2004

investment climate. The survey findings suggest that key policy, institutional and governance indicators affect the growth of a … corruption on the one hand, and growth and investment on the other, and it highlights the costs to economies where the state is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077053

Technological Developments and their Effects on World Trade: Any Implications for Governments?

Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2001

international trade, economic growth and technological change, dramatic increases in world trade in goods, services and financial … and economic growth are certainly affected by the fact that the actual technological developments have strong implications … for world trade and output growth. In Chapter 3, this new perspectives in economics are discussed. Last chapter presents …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556465

Endogenous Globalization and Income Divergence

Sugimoto, Yoshiaki - EconWPA - 2005

This paper develops a growth theory that accounts for the evolution of trade policy, underlying internal class …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118700

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