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Social Capital and Economic Development

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Torsvik, G.
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This paper attempts to delineate the mechanisms that link social capital and economic development. I show that social capital can produce two kinds of trust, both of which can reduce transaction costs. It is important to keep these two sources of trust apart, since development policies utilizing social capital have different impacts, depending on the basis of trust.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Bergen in its series Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen with number 216.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Keywords: DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL INTENSITY

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O2 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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  1. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk & Sjak Smulders, 2003. "Bridging and Bonding Social Capital: which type is good for economic growth?," ERSA conference papers ersa03p517, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]
  2. Ivan Rimac & Aleksandar Å tulhofer, 2004. "Socio-cultural values, economic development and political stability as correlates of trust in the European Union," Chapters in books, in: Katarina Ott (ed.), Croatian Accession to the European Union: Institutional Challenges, volume 2, chapter 12, pages 301-326 Institute of Public Finance. [Downloadable!]
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