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A model of social capital and access to productive resources
Author(s) -
Giusta Marina Della
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199911/12)11:7<921::aid-jid641>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - social capital , exposition (narrative) , reputation , work (physics) , capital (architecture) , simple (philosophy) , economics , politics , conceptual model , economic system , sociology , positive economics , neoclassical economics , public economics , management science , social science , computer science , political science , epistemology , engineering , mechanical engineering , art , philosophy , literature , archaeology , database , law , history
The paper addresses the conceptual problem of defining social capital in economic development and presents a theoretical model that concentrates on describing the role of reputation mechanisms in accessing productive resources. The present work is part of a broader research programme aimed at developing a framework for fruitfully integrating social capital research issues within development economics. What follows is a simple exposition of some basic results from one version of the model, whilst its placement vis‐à‐vis the existing economic, political and sociological literature is discussed elsewhere. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.