Calling social capital: An analysis of the determinants of success on the TV quiz show " Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

Social Networks

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-87

  Franzen, Axel ^a   Pointner, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human capital; Signaling theory; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451475363     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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