Social capital and windfalls: Empirical evidence

We examine the correlates of windfall gains amongst a sample of British respondents. Our results suggest that such gains are not random, but are significantly related to a variety of individual characteristics and traits. In particular, proxies of social capital are significantly related to the probability of receiving a windfall.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Georgellis, Yannis ; Sessions, John G. ; Tsitsianis, Nikolaos
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 99.2008, 3, p. 521-525
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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