Institutional Performance and Social Capital
An Application to the Local Government Level
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12064909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Coffe (0000-0002-0020-0227, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, corresponding author), Benny Geys (0000-0003-4524-1820, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 485-501 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Urban Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-2166 • E-ISSN: 1467-9906 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2005.00249.x |
| OpenAlex | W2030728054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 52 |
| References cited | 51 |
A large and growing body of research is devoted to the effects of social capital on institutional performance. This literature reveals that societies characterized by higher levels of social capital tend to achieve superior performance. Still, enquiries to date predominantly concentrate on country-level data or large sub-national units. The primary purpose of this article is to extend the empirical work to the local government level, while retaining the use of objective data to gauge institutional performance. This use of local data has the advantage of increasing the data set available and provides a more stringent test of the effect of social capital because social capital is likely to vary less at lower levels of government. The results—based on an empirical analysis of 305 Flemish municipalities in 2000—support the view that social capital leads to government (out)performance also at the local level of government
Business · Economics · Empirical research · Flemish · Geography · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political science · Public economics · Social capital · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks
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| Unique citing works | 52 |
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| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 51 |