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The behavioral, economic, and political impact of the internet and social media : empirical challenges and approaches
Sabatini, Fabio - 2023
Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … limitations. The first approach involves searching for exogenous sources of variation in the access to fast Internet or specific … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454429
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The fragility of social capital
Sabatini, Fabio; Antoci, Angelo; Sodini, Mauro - 2009
This paper addresses two hot topics of the contemporary debate, social capital and economic growth. Our theoretical analysis sheds light on decisive but so far neglected issues: how does social capital accumulate over time? Which is the relationship between social capital, technical progress and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809690
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The Fragility of Social Capital
Sabatini, Fabio - 2009
This paper addresses two hot topics of the contemporary debate, social capital and economic growth. Our theoretical analysis sheds light on decisive but so far neglected issues: how does social capital accumulate over time; Which is the relationship between social capital, technical progress and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160198
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The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development : A Critical Perspective
Sabatini, Fabio - 2006
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/10014059803
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The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches
Sabatini, Fabio - 2023
Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … limitations. The first approach involves searching for exogenous sources of variation in the access to fast Internet or specific … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469631
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Will Facebook save or destroy social capital? : an empirical investigation into the effect of online interactions on trust and networks
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2014
Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has resulted in a steep rise in online social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527200
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Online networks and subjective well-being
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2014
the availability of broadband for high-speed Internet. We try to further disentangle the direct effect of SNS use on well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527230
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Online social networks and trust
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2015
broadband for high-speed Internet, which relates to technological characteristics of the pre- existing voice telecommunication … several interpretations of the results in light of the specific features of Internet-mediated social interaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527256
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E-participation : social capital and the Internet
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2014
telecommunication infrastructures that exogenously determined the availability of broadband for high-speed Internet. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413616
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Will Facebook save or destroy social capital? : an empirical investigation into the effect of online interactions on trust and networks
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2013
Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has resulted in a steep rise in online social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222317