In this issue we feature 10 current papers on the theme of social capital:

1. Employee Trust and Workplace Performance - Sarah Brown; Jolian McHardy; Karl Taylor

2. Social Norms on Working Hours, Work-Life Balance, and Fertility Choice - Kohei Daido; Ken Tabata

3. The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipalities - De Benedetto, Marco Alberto; De Paola, Maria

4. Neighbourhood effects and social behaviour: the case of irrigated and rainfed farmeres in Bohol, the Philippines - Tsusaka, Takuji W.; Kajisa, Kei; Pede, Valerien O.; Aoyagi, Keitaro

5. Trust and Prosperity: A Conditional Relationship - Asongu Simplice; Oasis Kodila-Tedika

6. Social Exclusion and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation in European Economies - AMENDOLA, Adalgiso; DELL'ANNO, Roberto

7. Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment - Catia Batista; Dan Silverman; Dean Yang

8. National Identity and Religious Diversity - Harttgen, Kenneth; Opfinger, Matthias

9. Waiting to Cooperate? - Kaplan, Todd; Ruffle, Bradley; Shtudiner, Zeev

10. Money, Trust and Hierarchies: To the Question of the Maintenance of Confidence in the Complex Economic Institutions - Alexander Lasco

Edited by: Fabio Sabatini, Universita' la Sapienza

Issue date: 2013-10-02

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