Does social capital have an economic payoff? A cross-country investigation

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1251-1288

  Knack, Stephen ^a   Keefer, Philip ^a  

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EID: 0040517193     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300555475     Document Type: Article

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