Social capital and good governance Case Study: Developing Countries (1996 – 2010)

Subject Areas : Applied Economics

Iman Mirzaaghanasab Gerdrudbari ¹ ( مسئول مکاتبات )
Mehdi Taghavi ² ( ندارد )

Received: 2015-07-31 Accepted : 2015-07-31 Published : 2014-07-23

Keywords: Social Capital, Good governance, Panel data,

Abstract :

In this study we examine the effect of social capital on good governance in developing countries. We start with a brief review of the concepts of social capital and then use the data from 1196-2010 to evaluate the effect of social capital on good governance indicator. Using panel data, our econometric models show that the magnitude of social capital has a significant and positive impact on good governance. JEL Classification: Z13 , H11 , C23