Why have the effects of COVID-19 been so unevenly geographically distributed in the United
States? This paper investigates the role of social capital as a mediating factor for the spread …

This paper explores whether the concept of social capital as popularized by Robert Putnam
is a good social science concept. Taking Gerring's work on concept evaluation as the …

We studied the relationship between individuals' group social capital and their lending
outcomes in the online peer-to-peer financial credit market, where individual lenders make …

Social capital is a promising concept, widely used by social science researchers in
analysing factors that contribute to the persistence of various economic issues …

Purpose Grounded in theory of planned behavior, this study explores how national social
capital, as an important but untested element of institutional environment, influences the …

This study investigates the impact of infrastructure development on energy poverty in 28 Sub-
Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 2010–2021. Utilizing the Africa …

We estimate fixed-effects and Arellano–Bond GMM equations using panel data from a large
group of developing countries and test whether trust-based social capital, proxied by …

The authors examine the impact of institutional quality and social capital on aid
effectiveness. They find strong evidence that social capital and institutions enhance aid …

This paper investigates the link between the non-profit sector and regional well-being,
conceiving and measuring the latter following a multidimensional approach that considers …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to attest whether generalized trust variable is the best
proxy for social capital in explaining the latter's effect on economic growth in a panel setting …