Chapter 26 Social Capital

Handbook of Economic Growth

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. PART B, 2005, Pages 1639-1699

  Durlauf, Steven N ^a   Fafchamps, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; growth; identification; inequality; networks; social capital; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049109208     PISSN: 15740684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0684(05)01026-9     Document Type: Chapter

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