Returns to social network capital among traders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23317609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcel Fafchamps (0000-0001-5432-6223, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-206 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Economic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-7653 • E-ISSN: 1464-3812 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oep/54.2.173 |
| OpenAlex | W3122979103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 97 |
| References cited | 29 |
Using data on agricultural traders in Madagascar, this paper shows that social network capital has a large effect on firm productivity. Better connected traders have significantly larger sales and value added than less connected traders after controlling for physical and human inputs as well as for entrepreneur characteristics. The analysis indicates that three dimensions of social network capital should be distinguished: relationships with other traders, which among other things help firms economize on transactions costs; relationships with potential lenders; and family relationships. We find no evidence that social capital favors collusion.
Business · Capital (architecture) · Collusion · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · Microeconomics · Monetary economics · Productivity · Social capital · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Value (mathematics) · Economic Growth and Development · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
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