[REVISTA DEBATES, Porto Alegre, v. 9, n. 1, p. 177-204, jan.-abr. 2015]

Putnam’s instrument revisited. The community network of the industrial districts and a new proxy of social

capital

Instrumento de Putnam revisitado. A rede comunitária de distritos

industriais e um novo indicador do capital social

Luca Andriani

Abstract

Keywords

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Introduction1

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Industrial Districts between Network and Embeddedne

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The Italianate Industrial District Between the “Custom of Reciprocal Co-Operation” and the “System of Mutual

Information”

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Source: Integration between Markusen (1996) and Guerrieri-Pietrobelli (2000).

* Presence of financial institutions willing to take long-term risks, for the confidence and

information they possess

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The “Custom of Reciprocal Co-operation” and the “System of Mutual Information”

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Putnam’s Instrument and a New Social Capital Proxy

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The Construction of a New Proxy of Social Capital Using the

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Putnam’s Instrument and DIND in Italy: the Results of the Application

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Source: “8th General Census on Industry and Services” (2001).

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IDs = LLS Clusone – Lombardia

Type of Industrial District = Textile

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Source: Author's reproduction on data from the Italian National Bureau of Statistics.

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Concluding Remarks

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Luca Andriani é Professor Assistente da School of Business

Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck University of London. E-mail: luca.andriani@bbk.ac.uk.

Referências

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Texto recebido em 05 de março de 2015.

Aprovado em 25 de março de 2015.