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Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context: The Case of Spanish Regions

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In the history of economic analysis different variables have been considered to explain the progress of the nations. Traditionally mainly quantitative variables have been considered. During the twentieth century with the introduction of the endogenous growth models and the improvement of the statistical methods and data information, the qualitative variables have been quantified. Examples include: democracy, corruption, rule of law, social capital and entrepreneurship. Such variables now have their quantitative measures that are used in analyzing many economic issues.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Bolton Hall, Room 868, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA

    Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee

  2. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    M. Teresa Méndez

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Correspondence to Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee , Miguel-Ángel Galindo or M. Teresa Méndez .

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  1. University of Castilla-La Mancha Facultad de DD.EE.EE., Plaza de la Universidad, Albacete, 1 02071, Spain

    Miguel-Angel Galindo

  2. Departamento Econom a Aplicable I., University of Sevilla, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 1, Sevilla, 41018, Spain

    Joaquín Guzman

  3. Faculta de Economia Dep. Dir. De Empresas, University of València, AV. De los Narajos s/n, Valencia, 46022, Spain

    Domingo Ribeiro

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Bahmani-Oskooee, M., Galindo, MÁ., Méndez, M.T. (2009). Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context: The Case of Spanish Regions. In: Galindo, MA., Guzman, J., Ribeiro, D. (eds) Entrepreneurship and Business. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70902-2_6

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