Measurement of Social Capital and Growth

Francisco Perez, Lorenzo Serrano Martinez, Vicente Montesinos Santalucía () and Juan Fernández de Guevara Radoselovics ()
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Vicente Montesinos Santalucía: UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES ECONÓMICAS POLYTECHN IC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA
Juan Fernández de Guevara Radoselovics: UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA THE VALENCIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH (Ivie)
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No 201034, Working Papers from Fundacion BBVA / BBVA Foundation

Abstract: This paper develops a measure of social capital based on economic relationships and analyzes its effects on growth. Investment in social capital is modeled by using the conceptual framework for measuring physical capital services. The measure of social capital depends on expectations of income, its investment cost, inequality in society, the density of trust networks, the size of the social network and the rate of depreciation of social capital. With this methodology a database is constructed for 23 OECD countries covering the period 1970-2001 and the positive effectof social capital on economic growth is tested.

Keywords: Social capital; investment; social networks; economic growth. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 64
Date: 2006-03
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