In this issue we feature 6 current papers on the theme of social capital:

1. Novelty Conduits and Forms of Network Ties: To Bond or to Bridge? - Simone Santoni; Paolo Ferri; Maria Lusiani

2. Social mobility at the top: Why are elites self-reproducing? - Elise S. Brezis; Joel Hellier

3. Understanding the Russian malaise: The collapse and recovery of subjective well-being in post-communist Russia - Ronald Inglehart; Roberto Foa; Eduard Ponarin; Christian Welzel

4. When does the general public lose trust in banks? - David-Jan Jansen; Robert Mosch; Carin van der Cruijsen

5. The Construction of Morals - Daniel L. Chen; Susan Yeh

6. Reference Dependent Altruism - Breitmoser, Yves; Tan, Jonathan H.W.

Edited by: Fabio Sabatini, Universita' la Sapienza

Issue date: 2014-01-10

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