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Social capital and economic growth on various spatial levels – Conclusions from 63 studies

Thematic area: 
2.2 Instruments and research regarding social capital and its social and economic impact on development
Language: 
English
State: 
Publish
Name(s) of author(s): 
Hans Westlund
Name(s) of author(s): 
Frane Adam
Affiliation(s) of author(s): 
KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, Sweden
Affiliation(s) of author(s): 
University of Ljubliana, Slovenia
Company / Organisation: 
KTH
Address: 
Drottning Kristinas Väg 30
Postalcode: 
100 44
City: 
Stockholm

This paper summarize about fifteen years of empirical research on various spatial levels on the impact of social capital on economic growth. At the lowest level, the firm level, the results are unambiguous: there is strong evidence on the impact of social capital on firms’ performance. However, when the unit of research is moved from single actors to spatial units with a large number of anonymous actors, the results become less clear.

Contact e-mail: 
hanswes@infra.kth.se
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