A model of social capital and access to productive resources

✍ Scribed by Marina Della Giusta

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 134 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0954-1748
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199911/12)11:7<921::aid-jid641>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

The paper addresses the conceptual problem of de®ning social capital in economic development and presents a theoretical model that concentrates on describing the role of reputation mechanisms in accessing productive resources. The present work is part of a broader research programme aimed at developing a framework for fruitfully integrating social capital research issues within development economics. What follows is a simple exposition of some basic results from one version of the model, whilst its placement vis-aÁ-vis the existing economic, political and sociological literature is discussed elsewhere.