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Can We Trust Social Capital?
Abstract
SOCIAL CAPITAL describes circumstances in which individuals can use membership in groups and networks to secure benefits. This formulation follows
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- Authors
- Sobel, J.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Literature
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2002-03-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 139-154
- ISSN
- 0022-0515 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2083360664
- Cited by
- 1,000
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 169.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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