Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/159908 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 1070
Publisher: 
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), 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: 
Z13
B52
D78
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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