Civic capital as the missing link

Handbook of Social Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1 B, 2011, Pages 417-480

  Guiso, Luigi ^a   Sapienza, Paola ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^c  

^a European University Institute   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic capital trust trustworthiness cultural norms economic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870521871     PISSN: 15706435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53187-2.00010-3     Document Type: Chapter

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