In this issue we feature 7 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

1. Compliance in the Public versus the Private Realm: Economic Preferences, Institutional Trust and COVID-19 Health Behaviors
   Henrike Sternberg, Janina Isabel Steinert and Tim Büthe
   from Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich (2023)
   Keywords: Health behavior, Compliance, Economic preferences, Institutional trust, COVID-19, Physical distancing
   JEL-codes: D91; H12; H31; I12; I18
   Created/Revised: 2023-05-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-20
2. Cultural Transmission and Political Attitudes: Explaining Differences between Natives and Immigrants in Western Europe
   Jérôme Gonnot and Federica lo Polito
   from CEPII research center (2023)
   Keywords: Immigration;Assimilation;Political Attitudes;Cultural Transmission
   JEL-codes: D72; J15; P16; R23; Z1
   Created/Revised: 2023-05-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-11
3. The Many Forms of Decentralization and Citizen Trust in Government
   Michael Nelson
   from International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University (2023)
   Created/Revised: 2023-05-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-09
4. The Decision to Remit: Is it a Matter of Interpersonal Trust?
   Kamal Kasmaoui, Makhlouf Farid and Refk Selmi
   from HAL (2023)
   Keywords: Interpersonal trust,Remittances,Social capital
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-09
5. Motivated Beliefs, Independence and Cooperation
   Wei Huang, Yu Wang and Xiaojian Zhao
   from Monash University, Department of Economics (2023)
   Keywords: motivated beliefs, self-confidence, present bias, cooperation, cultural difference
   JEL-codes: C91; D01; D91; O57; Z10
   Created/Revised: 2023-05-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-10
6. It's Not Who You Know—It's Who Knows You: Employee Social Capital and Firm Performance
   DuckKi Cho, Lyungmae Choi and Jessie Jiaxu Wang
   from Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2023)
   Keywords: Social capital; Social networks; Labor and finance
   JEL-codes: G30; G41; L14
   Created/Revised: 2023-04-13 Added/Modified: 2023-05-05
7. To request or not to request: charitable giving, social information, and spillover
   Valeria Fanghella, Lisette Ibanez and John Thøgersen
   from CEE-M, Universtiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro (2023)
   Keywords: prosocial behavior,opt-out option,social information,spillover,charitable giving,selfimage
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-05-16

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