The concept of'social capital'is currently the focus of an explosion of interest in the research
and policy community. It refers to the social networks, informal structures and norms that …

The idea of Social Capital is an attempt to incorporate social considerations into mainstream
economic thinking. Its proponents feel that social factors are properly quantifiable. So, they …

This expository note provides a critical review of the burgeoning literature on social capital
and highlights a number of conceptual and empirical issues. First, the concept of social …

This article connects two strands of the literature on social trust by directly estimating the
effects of trust on growth through a set of potential transmission mechanisms. It does so by …

We present new evidence on how generalized trust is formed. Unlike previous studies, we
look at the explanatory power of economic institutions, we use newer data, we incorporate …

Social capital is an expanding research theme in economics, but it remains a controversial
concept and its use as an analytical tool has been questioned. The criticisms are …

It is possible that there once was a time when scholars used to sit isolated with their
cogitations in their attics, emerging now and then to publish their latest e-dite offerings which …

Virtue ethics is an important strand of moral philosophy, and a significant body of
philosophical work in virtue ethics is associated with a radical critique of the market …

The general idea of social capital is that relationships matter. In this sense, the trust,
cooperation and reciprocity involved in these relationships can have a positive impact on the …

Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational
beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume …