Stato e capitale sociale
Letture essenziali
Sabatini, F. (2011). Who trusts Berlusconi? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the Italian political arena. Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Research Paper 11/08, Brussels
This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first econometric investigation into...
Stolle, D., Hooghe, M. (eds) (1998). Generating Social Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective. New York, Palgrave MacMillan.
Social capital--networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust--is...
Buonanno, P., Durante, R., Prarolo, G., Vanin, P. (2012). Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse and the Origins of the Sicilian Ma fia. Working Paper DSE N° 844.
This study explains the emergence of the Sicilian ma a in the XIX century as the product of the...
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Bühlmann, M., Freitag, M. (2009). Crafting Trust The Role of Political Institutions in a Comparative Perspective. Comparative Political Studies 42(12), 1537-1566
In this article, the authors evaluate the origins of generalized trust. In addition to examining...
Bergh, A., Bjørnskov, C. (2014). Trust, welfare states and income equality: Sorting out the causality. European Journal of Political Economy 35: 183-199.
The cross-country correlation between social trust and income equality is well documented, but few...
Buonanno, P., Durante, R., Prarolo, G., Vanin, P. (2015). Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia. Economic Journal 125: F175–F202.
With weak law-enforcement institutions, a positive shock to the value of natural resources may...
Christoforou, A. (2010). Social capital and human development: an empirical investigation across European countries. Journal of Institutional Economics 6 (2), 191-214.
In this paper, we offer an empirical investigation of the relationship between social capital and...
Daniele, G. Geys, B. (2015). Interpersonal trust and welfare state support. European Journal of Political Economy 39: 1-12.
The economic importance of the welfare state has increased strongly over time, which has generated...
Freitag, M. (2006). Bowling the state back in: Political institutions and the creation of social capital. European Journal of Political Research 45(1), 123-152.
Abstract. While some studies have revealed that social capital is shaped within civil society, the...
Freitag, M., Traunmüller, R. (2009). Spheres of trust: An empirical analysis of the foundations of particularised and generalised trust. European Journal of Political Research 48(6), 782–803
While the literature on trust has produced various conceptual models, there is also some confusion...
Guriev, S., Melnikov, N. (2016). War, Inflation, and Social Capital. American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 106(5): 230-35.
We use weekly data from 79 Russian regions to measure the impact of economic shocks and proximity...
Hooghe, M., Stolle, D. (Eds) (2004). Generating Social Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective. New York: Palgrave
Social capital - networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust - is...
Huntoon, L. (2001). Government use of nonprofit organizations to build social capital. Journal of Socio-Economics 30 (2), 157-160.
This paper discusses the government use of nonprofit organizations to build social capital....
Rostila, M. (2013). Social Capital and Health Inequality in European Welfare States
This book sets out unique findings on whether social capital influences health and health...
Satyanath, S., Voigtländer, N., Voth, J. (2017). Bowling for fascism: social capital and the rise of the Nazi party. Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.
Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper...