An economic approach to social capital

Economic Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 483, 2002, Pages

  Glaeser, Edward L ^a   Laibson, David ^a   Sacerdote, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036866669     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00078     Document Type: Article

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