Social capital, institutions and policymaking

Marco Savioli and Roberto Patuelli ()

Working Papers from Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna

Abstract: Economic processes, consisting of interactions between human beings, exploit the social capital of persons endowed with specific cultures, identities and education. By taking into account this complexity, we focus on the role of institutions and policymaking in the building of social capital and its relevance to the fulfilment of their objectives. Social capital, however, is elusive and has several dimensions with which to interpret its multifaceted functions in economics and society. We cannot forget that social capital is sometimes even undesirable for society, for instance when unethically used. Even so, it is widely accepted that social capital has stable and positive effects.

JEL-codes: B52 D78 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-fdg, nep-hme, nep-hpe, nep-net and nep-soc
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