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countries.
JEL Classification: O1, O3, O52, Z13
Keywords: social capital, innovation, economic growth, European Union … Howitt, 1998) or on the role of social capital for economic growth
(e.g., Knack and Keefer, 1997; Zak and Knack, 2001). Our … differences in economic growth and has benefited from “generalized trust” as a
proxy for social capital, which measures the degree …