The role of social capital in enhancing factor productivity: Does its erosion depress per capita GDP?

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1539-1553

  Bartolini, Stefano ^a   Bonatti, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defensive expenditures; Externalities; Growth; Substitution process; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349130899     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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