In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital:

1. Giving and Sorting among Friends: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment
   Binzel, Christine; Fehr, Dietmar

2. Carry a big stick, or no stick at all An experimental analysis of trust and capacity of punishment
   Vicente Calabuig; Enrique Fatas; Gonzalo Olcina; Ismael Rodriguez-Lara

3. Parental Investment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences and Attitudes
   Maria Zumbuehl; Thomas Dohmen; Gerard Pfann

4. Trust and Trustworthiness Under The Prospect Theory and Quasi-Hyperbolic Preferences: A Field Experiment in Vietnam
   Quang NGUYEN; Marie Claire VILLEVAL; Hui XU

5. Social Efficiency in Peruvian Microfinance Institutions: a semi-parametric approach
   Giovanna Aguilar; Jhonatan Claussen

6. The Family Business in Collectivist Societies: Traits and Implications
   El Fasiki, Hamza

7. Salience and Cooperation Among Rational Egoists
   Raul V. Fabella

8. The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
   Averett, Susan L.; Terrizzi, Sabrina; Wang, Yang

Edited by: Fabio Sabatini, Universita' la Sapienza

Issue date: 2013-08-10

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