Over the last few years there has been a remarkableincrease in the number of published studies dealingwith social capital issues. A plethora of studies hasalso analyzed the efficiency of several banking industries.In this article we merge the two literatures byanalyzing how social capital...

The processes of vertical and horizontal separation within the railway sector are relatively recent in many European countries, and, as a result, little analytical research has been carried out on their impact. The purpose of this working paper is to analyze the effects of these organizational...

Rural municipalities show considerable heterogeneity in relation to their development potential, so the proper characterization of their socioeconomic status is a basic requirement in the design of rural development policies. This working paper shows, in the first place, how this task can be...