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Social and economic development from an integrated sustainability perspective : analysing the interaction of social capital, income level, and income inequality in China

Ma, Huai; Niu, Chenkai; Li, Wei - In: Post-communist economies 35 (2023) 3, pp. 271-297

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Border region attachment : an empirical study on regional social capital in the French-German border area

Wiens, Marcus; Klein, Miriam; Schultmann, Frank - In: CESifo economic studies : a joint initiative of the … 68 (2022) 4, pp. 362-390

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Measuring the propensity for building social capital depending on ties-strength

Zabłocka, Agata; Praszkier, Ryszard; Petrushak, Ewa; … - In: Journal of Positive Management : JPM 7 (2016) 4, pp. 19-39

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Are happier people better citizens?

Guven, Cahit - 2009

This paper presents evidence on causal influence of happiness on social capital and trust using German Socio … endogeneity problem, the paper finds that happier people trust others more, and importantly, help create more social capital …

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Trust : a concept too many

Guinnane, Timothy - 2005

Research on "trust" now forms a prominent part of the research agenda in history and the social sciences. Although this … research has generated useful insights, the idea of trust has been used so widely and loosely that it risks creating more … confusion than clarity. This essay argues that to the extent that scholars have a clear idea of what trust actually means, the …

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The relationship between Stress, Strain and Social Capital

Gächter, Martin; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...

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The Impact of Social Relationships on Online Word-of-Mouth and Knowledge Sharing in Social Network Sites: An Empirical Study

Abou-Warda, Sherein Hamed - In: International Journal of Online Marketing (IJOM) 6 (2016) 1, pp. 1-23

This study provides insight into how social relationships perspective influence on online Word-of-Mouth and knowledge sharing on social networking sites (SNSs). By using the sample from 385 Egyptian college students - who spend more time on SNSs, this study investigates the relationship among...

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Social Capital and Crises with an Application to Iceland

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2015

Economic growth is propelled in part by the accumulation of different kinds of capital, including social capital in its several guises. This paper considers the interplay between financial crises and various aspects of social capital which, if it is allowed to depreciate, can undermine economic...

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The Economic Costs of Mass Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany

Lichter, Andreas; Loeffler, Max; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2015

social capital as measured by interpersonal and institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We estimate the economic …

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Microfoundations of Social Capital

Thöni, Christian; Tyran, Jean-Robert; Wengström, Erik - 2010

We show that the standard trust question routinely used in social capital research is importantly related to … others' cooperation. We find that the standard trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs … trust question, is also related to cooperation behavior but operates through beliefs rather than preferences. …

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