In this article, we evaluate the relationship and the interaction between financial development, grades of cooperation, in terms of trust and reciprocity, and participation in social networks of the members of a savings and loan association. We used exchanged money quantities according to the...

In this document we present the first results of a survey, as part of an empirical study conducted with the objetive of analyzing the relationship between individuals´ levels of confidence on institutions and people with whom they interact, the composition of their social networks and how they...

In this article we analyze how different characteristics of a social network are associated to different types of resources required by the individuals that constitute the network and their objectives. To attain this goal, we develop and conduct a survey, using random sampling, in a...

The objective of this paper is to discuss the assumptions of rationality of individuals in their use and acquisition of information to make financial institutions produce information that is rationally used by individuals. The frictions associated with asymmetric information problems or lack of...

The paper explores the influences of financial development on economic growth and its volatility. First, it discusses the theoretical literature that attempts to explain these relationships. Then, it presents time series evidence for the cases of Mexico and the US. We use GARCH models, which...

In this article we analyze how different characteristics of a social network are associated to different types of resources required by the individuals that constitute the network and their objectives. To attain this goal, we develop and conduct a survey, using random sampling, in a...

In this article, we develop a conceptual framework to study the interaction between financial development and different types of social capital. Our hypothesis is that financial transactions cannot be completely regulated by market contracts, and that market failures still appear in more...

The purpose of this work is to get some basic facts from the interaction between economic growth, age structure, macroeconomic environment and growth, taking into account the heterogeneity of both the demographic structure and the levels of development in the world. First we discuss the...

In this document we present the first results of a survey, as part of an empirical study conducted with the objetive of analyzing the relationship between individuals´ levels of confidence on institutions and people with whom they interact, the composition of their social networks and how they...

The general purpose of the present document is to analyze the role of several social networks into financial development. In concrete, we have the hypothesis that in locations where closed social networks with family and friends prevail, financial transactions of saving and credit are not only...