Social capital, local institutions, and cooperation between firms

Manuela Raimondi () and Alessandro Arrighetti ()

No 2009-EP03, Economics Department Working Papers from Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy)

Abstract: There are many different reasons behind cooperation between firms and many possible interpretations are assumed to be based on an assessment of endogenous benefits of collective action directly generated by taking part in a joint project. This paper attempts at verifying the interpretative capacity of models analysing the cooperation between firms using not only technological or organisational factors and rivalry between firms, but also some proxy variables of social capital, of experience accumulation in collective action and of institutional capacity for initiative. The specific aim of our work is hence that of providing an interpretation of Italian inter-province differentials in the propensity of inter-firm cooperation.

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JEL-codes: C21 D23 L14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009
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