Measuring Social Capital in East Asia and Other World Regions: Index of Social Capital for 72 Countries

Global Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-407

  Lee, Dan ^a   Jeong, Kap Young ^b   Chae, Sean ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

norms; Social capital; social conflicts; social networks; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859035990     PISSN: 1226508X     EISSN: 17443873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1226508X.2011.626149     Document Type: Article

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