MURAT, MARINA; PISTORESI, BARBARA; RINALDI, ALBERTO - In: Journal of Economic Development 36 (2011) 4, pp. 1-15
This paper studies the influence of a country¡¯s transnational social capital - defined as the shared customary values and beliefs of emigrant communities - on its external transactions. It uses Italy¡¯s emigrant associations abroad as a proxy of transnational social capital and measures its...