Sabatini, Fabio (2008): Quale capitale sociale genera fiducia? Analisi empirica su una comunità di imprenditori.
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Abstract
This paper carries out an empirical investigation into the causal relationships connecting four types of social capital (i.e. bonding, bridging, linking, and corporate), and three forms of trust (horizontal, meso, and vertical), in a community of entrepreneurs located in the Italian industrial district of Tuscia. The contribution of the paper to the literature is threefold: for the fitst time, the very multidimensionality of the concepts of social capital and trust is fully acknowledged within an empirical investigation, providing useful insights on what type of networks may benefit the economic activity. Second, we provide an assessment of the role of strong family ties, that are generally referred to as a form of bonding social capital causing backwardness. Third, we enrich the traditional tripartition of the forms of social capital by introducing the new category of corporate ties. Fourth, we propose structural equations models as a suitable technique for the study of multidimensional phenomena like trust and social capital.
Il capitale sociale è comunemente definito come l’insieme delle reti di relazioni interpersonali e delle norme sociali che favoriscono l’azione collettiva per il perseguimento di fini condivisi. Tuttavia, l’individuazione di quali reti e quali norme abbiano un effetto positivo è oggetto di un acceso dibattito nella comunità scientifica. È invece comunemente accettata la convinzione che le reti siano in grado di migliorare la performance dell’economia solo nei limiti in cui contribuiscono alla creazione e diffusione della fiducia. In questo saggio ricostruiamo le relazioni esistenti tra le diverse forme di capitale sociale e la fiducia attraverso una indagine empirica su una comunità di piccoli imprenditori situati nel distretto della Tuscia. Obiettivo del paper è rispondere alla domanda: quale tipo di capitale sociale ha un effetto positivo sulla fiducia?
Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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Original Title: | Quale capitale sociale genera fiducia? Analisi empirica su una comunità di imprenditori |
English Title: | Does Social Capital Create Trust? Empirical Analysis of a Community of Entrepreneurs |
Language: | Italian |
Keywords: | Capitale sociale, Norme sociali, Fiducia, Italia, Distretti industriali, Social capital, Social norms, Trust, Italy, Industrial districts |
Subjects: | Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification |
Item ID: | 6781 |
Depositing User: | Fabio Sabatini |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2008 22:10 |
Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2019 12:18 |
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URI: | https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/6781 |