An essay on social capital: Looking for the fire behind the smoke

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 339-366

  Paldam, Martin ^a   Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A12; C71; D23; D70; Social capital; Third party enforcement; Transition from socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000626730     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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