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How Does Social Trust Affect Economic Growth?

Bjørnskov, Christian·2012·Southern Economic Journal
DOI 10.4284/0038-4038-78.4.1346
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This article connects two strands of the literature on social trust by directly estimating the effects of trust on growth through a set of potential transmission mechanisms. It does so by modeling the process using a 3SLS estimator on a sample of 85 countries for which a full data set is available. The results indicate that trust affects schooling and the rule of law directly, thereby raising economic growth rates. The article closes with a short discussion of the relevance of the findings.

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Authors
Bjørnskov, C.
Venue
Southern Economic Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-04
Volume
78
Issue
4
Pages
1346-1368
ISSN
  • 0038-4038 (ISSN-L)
  • 2325-8012
DOI
10.4284/0038-4038-78.4.1346
OpenAlex
W3122695428
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357
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90
FWCI
34.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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