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confusing causalities

Posted on sep 17, 2007 at 16:23 by Registered Commenterbergh in | CommentsPost a Comment
Many recent papers deal with correlations between two of the following:

Trust/social capital
growth
inequality
economic freedom
welfare state

Berggren, Niclas and Henrik Jordahl. 2005. "Does free trade really reduce growth? Further testing using the economic freedom index." Public Choice 122:99-114.

Berggren, Niclas och Jordahl, Henrik (2006). "Free to Trust: Economic Freedom and Social Capital." Kyklos, 59(2): 141-169.

Berggren, Niclas, Elinder, Mikael och Jordahl, Henrik (2007). "Trust and Growth: A Shaky Relationship." Empirical Economics

Jordahl & Gustavsson (2006) Inequality and Trust in Sweden: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others (here)

Alesina, the determinants of Trust

Bjornskov, C. 2006. "The multiple facets of social capital." European Journal of Political Economy 22:22-40.

Kumlin, Staffan and Bo Rothstein. 2005. "Making and Breaking Social Capital: The Impact of Welfare-State Institutions." Comparative Political Studies 38:339-365.

more papers will be added...

This field need a unifying theory. Anyone?









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