In this issue we feature 5 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

1. Logrolling in Congress
   Marco Battaglini, Valerio Leone Sciabolazza and Eleonora Patacchini
   from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
   JEL-codes: D72; D74; D91
   Created/Revised: 2023-04-01 Added/Modified: 2023-04-26
2. When Crime Tears Communities Apart: Social Capital and Organised Crime
   Francesca Maria Calamunci and Federico Fabio Frattini
   from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (2023)
   Keywords: Organised Crime, Social Capital, Forced Resettlement, Expansion
   JEL-codes: A13; J16; K4; N34; O15
   Created/Revised: 2023-05-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-05
3. Social Capital in Micro-family Enterprises: A Case Study in East Java, Indonesia
   Augendra Bhukuth, Damien Bazin, Ani Wulandri and Valentina Teslenko
   from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France (2022)
   Keywords: Decent work, Employers-employees relationship, Family Business, Informal sector, Microenterprises, Social benefits, Social capital
   JEL-codes: D22; J15; J24; J46
   Created/Revised: 2022-05-01 Added/Modified: 2023-04-11
4. Ancestral Livelihoods and Moral Universalism: Evidence from Transhumant Pastoralist Societies
   Sara Lowes and Etienne Le Rossignol
   from HAL (2022)
   Keywords: Transhumant pastoralism,Trust,Moral universalism,Kinship,Culture,Firms
   Created/Revised: 2022-07-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-02
5. Trust and accountability in times of pandemics
   Monica Martinez-Bravo and Carlos Sanz
   from Banco de España (2023)
   Keywords: trust, accountability, polarization, COVID-19
   JEL-codes: D72; H1; H7; P00
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-04-19

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