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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe

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Akcomak, Semih () (UNU-MERIT)
ter Weel, Bas () (UNU-MERIT)

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This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic growth and that social capital affects growth indirectly by fostering innovation. Our estimates suggest that there is only a limited role for a direct effect of social capital on economic growth.

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Keywords: Social capital; Innovation; Economic growth; European Union;

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O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
O3 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change
O52 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks Economic Anthropology

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