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We explore the links between social capital and labor market networks at the neighborhood level. We harness rich data … networks, data on behavior such as voting patterns that have previously been tied to social capital, and new data - not … labor market networks. We find evidence suggesting that smaller and less centralized schools, and schools with fewer poor …
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This paper reviews the literature on corporate political strategy and identifies a number of open research questions and streams for potential investigation. The paper develops a framework to explain why, when, and how a firm will pursue multi-forum political action as part of its non-market and...
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This paper surveys evidence documenting positive linkages among social capital, prosocial behaviour, and subjective well-being. Whether in the workplace, at home, in the community, or among nations, better and deeper social connections, and especially higher levels of trust are linked to higher...
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, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of …
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Social and economic networks are ubiquitous, serving as contexts for job search, technology diffusion, the accumulation …
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We develop and analyze a tractable empirical model for strategic network formation that can be estimated with data from a single network at a single point in time. We model the network formation as a sequential process where in each period a single randomly selected pair of agents has the...
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We develop a model of informal financial networks and present corroborating evidence by studying the role of …-developed capital markets, informal networks play an important role in controlling access to finance …
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arm's length while strong networks matter in relationship financing; underrepresented managers more often have neither …
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Two types of political conflicts of interest pervade many of the world's societies. A horizontal conflict of interest arises when different constituencies support different policies, while a vertical conflict of interest emerges when those in charge of running the government acquire and retain...
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In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...
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