Social Capital, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Behaviour and Performance

by L. Sacconi (Editor), G. Antoni (Editor)

Overview

This book focuses on the concepts of social capital, corporate social responsibility, and economic development in relation to economic theory of institutions and behavioural economics. It also takes a macroeconomic and empirical approach, on the relationship between social capital, ethical behaviour and economic development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230235687
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/14/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

LORENZO SACCONI is Professor of Economics, Unicredit Chair in economic ethics and corporate social responsibility at the Department of Economics of Trento University, and Director of EconomEtica, Inter-University Centre of Research at the University of Milano–Bicocca, Italy.

GIACOMO DEGLI ANTONI is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milano-Bicocca, and Research Fellow at EconomEtica, Italy.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures vii

Notes on Contributors x

Introduction Lorenzo Sacconi Giacomo Degli Antoni 1

Part I New Perspectives on the Economic Theory of Institutions, Individual Preferences and Social Norms

1 A Plea for Unconventional Economics Bruno S. Frey 21

2 A Rawlsian View of CSR and the Game Theory of its Implementation (III): Conformism, Equilibrium Refinement and Selection Lorenzo Sacconi 42

3 Trustful Banking: A Psychological Game-Theoretical Model of Fiduciary Interactions in Micro-credit Programs Vittorio Pelligra 80

4 The Relationship Between Competition and Trust: An Essay in an Historical and Theoretical Perspective Sergio Beraldo Gilberto Turati 101

Part II Social Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility: a Game Theoretical and Network Analysis Approach

5 Linking Economic and Social-Exchange Games: From the Community Norm to CSR Masahiko Aoki 129

6 Social Capital in Networks of Relations Steffen Lippert 149

7 Modeling Cognitive Social Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility as Preconditions for Sustainable Networks of Relations Giacomo Degli Antoni Lorenzo Sacconi 161

Part III The Economic Effect of Social Capital and Other-regarding Preferences: Experimental and Empirical Evidence

8 Social Distance, Cooperation and Other-regarding Preferences: A New Approach Based on the Theory of Relational Goods Leonardo Becchetti Giacomo Degli Antoni Marco Faillo 243

9 Generalized Trust: An Experimental Perspective Gianluca Grimalda Luigi Mittone 260

10 Testing the Distributive Effects of Social Enterprises: The Case of Italy Carlo Borzaga Sara Depedri Ermanno Tortia 282

Part IV Social Capital and Sustainable Economic Development: the Macro Approach

11 Social Assets, Technical Progress and Long-Run Welfare Stefano Bartolini Luigi Bonatti 307

12 Generalized Trust: The Macro Perspective Martin Paldam 331

13 The Local Path to Sustainable Development: Social Capital in Naples Raffaella Nanetti Robert Leonardi Catalina Holguin 358

Index 380