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Social Capital and Economic Growth: A County-Level Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Anil Rupasingha ,
Stephan J. Goetz  and
David Freshwater
Anil Rupasingha*
Affiliation:
TVA Rural Studies in the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky
Stephan J. Goetz
Affiliation:
Penn State University Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
David Freshwater
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
*
400 Agr. Eng. Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0276 E-mail: anil@rural.org
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Abstract

The effect of social capital on economic growth is examined using linear regression analysis and U.S. county-level data. Results reveal that social capital has a statistically significant, independent positive effect on the rate of per-capita income growth.

Keywords

economic growthsocial capitalU.S. counties
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , December 2000 , pp. 565 - 572
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2000

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