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Social capital and snake oil

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  • Shaun Hargreaves Heap, 2008. "Social capital and snake oil," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 21(2), pages 199-207, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:21:y:2008:i:2:p:199-207
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-007-0036-y
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    Keywords

    Social capital; Group identification; A1; B52; B53; C92; D60; Z1;
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    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • B53 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Austrian
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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