By studying the interaction between social capital and decentralization, we show that political decentralization can be … capital display their effect on the economy mainly through the functioning of local institutions, decentralization enhances … (hampers) growth wherever social capital is high (low). We define our hypothesis within a growth model with public capital, and …

Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social … empirical assessment of how online networking affects two economically relevant aspects of social capital, i.e. trust and …