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Measuring social capital – Is there a single underlying explanation?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2003
measurement has not yet been reached. Based on ten existing empirical approaches at the macro, meso and micro level, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652493
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Missing social capital and the transition in Eastern Europe
Paldam, Martin; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2000
The transition of the »Old Communist« countries of East and Central Europe has been disappointingly slow given the amount of physical and human capital available at the start of the <p> transition. We argue that this slowness is caused by the lack of social capital, which is an <p> important factor...</p></p>
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Rise and Decline of Social Capital
Poulsen, Anders; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2003
In order to explain excess co-operation in the one-shot prisoner's dilemma game, we first question the standard assumption of stable and selfish preferences by introducing the concept of social capital. This analysis leads to a model that explains excess co-operation through an accumulation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652439
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Social Capital: A Standard Method of Measurement
Hjøllund, Lene; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2000
The purpose of this paper is to suggest a standard method of measurement for social capital. Various <p> authors have … the concept of social capital. A consensus concerning <p> a standardized method of measurement, has not yet been reached … component analysis <p> should be applied as the most appropriate method of measurement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652457
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Social Capital, Corruption and Economic Growth: Eastern and Western Europe
Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2003
We hypothesize, that power centralisation in a political system leads to more corruption due to the <p> monopoly power status of bureaucrats. Corruption again would then lead to a lower level of social capital, <p> here measured as trust, and slow down economic growth even further. Indeed, when...</p></p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652489
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Social Capital and Market Centralisation: A Two-Sector Model
Poulsen, Odile; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2004
We develop a two-sector model to analyze which kind of social <p> organization generates social capital. The hypothesis is that social capital must <p> be added as an important production factor when considering decentralization <p> of production. Thus, market centralization processes in a capitalist...</p></p></p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652495
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Social Capital: A Standard Method of Measurement.
Hjollund, L.; Svendsen, G.T. - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2000
The purpose of this paper is to suggest a standard method of measurement for social capital. Various authors have … concept of social capital. A consensus concerning a standardized method of measurement, has not yet been reached. Based on the … should be applied as the most appropriate method of measurement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005671686
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An essay on social capital reflections on a concept linking social sciences
Paldam, Martin; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000984389
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Measurement, Reduced Transaction Costs, and the Ethics of Efficient Markets for Human, Social, and Natural Capital
Fisher, William P. - 2013
measurement theory and practice to recent work (a) integrating human, social, and natural capital into a comprehensive economic …Measurement quality is a fundamental factor in determining the cost of transactions within organizations and markets. A … concludes with a brief listing of the advantages of improved measurement, how they might contribute to the establishment of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074444
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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective …
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