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The Role of Social Capital in Financial Development

Guiso, Luigi, Sapienza, Paola, Zingales, Luigi·2004·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/0002828041464498
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To identify the effect of social capital on financial development, we exploit social capital differences within Italy. In high-social-capital areas, households are more likely to use checks, invest less in cash and more in stock, have higher access to institutional credit, and make less use of informal credit. The effect of social capital is stronger where legal enforcement is weaker and among less educated people. These results are not driven by omitted environmental variables, since we show that the behavior of movers is still affected by the level of social capital of the province where they were born.

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Authors
Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., & Zingales, L.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2004-05-01
Volume
94
Issue
3
Pages
526-556
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/0002828041464498
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W3123344732
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211.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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