Mind the gap! Social capital, East and West

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 264-286

  Fidrmuc, Jan ^a,b,c   Gërxhani, Klarita ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Institutions; Social capital; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149084647     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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