In this issue we feature 5 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

1. Living and perceiving a crisis: how the pandemic influenced Americans' preferences and beliefs
   Guglielmo Briscese, Maddalena Grignani and Stephen Stapleton
   from arXiv.org
   Created/Revised: 2022-02-01 Added/Modified: 2022-02-28
2. Who Benefits from Political Connections in Brazilian Municipalities
   Pedro Forquesato
   from arXiv.org
   Created/Revised: 2022-04-01 Added/Modified: 2022-04-21
3. The Social Integration of International Migrants: Evidence from the Networks of Syrians in Germany
   Michael Bailey, Drew Johnston, Martin Koenen, Theresa Kuchler, Dominic Russel and Johannes Stroebel
   from CESifo
   Keywords: integration, immigration, social networks, place effects
   JEL-codes: D85; F22; J15; K37
   Created/Revised: 2022-01-01 Added/Modified: 2022-04-13
4. Ideological Spillovers across the Atlantic? Evidence from Trump's Presidential Election
   Joan Costa-i-Font and Martin Ljunge
   from CESifo
   Keywords: political shocks, belief formation, information spillovers, backlash effect, pluralistic ignorance, Trump presidential election, political beliefs, the social formation of beliefs
   JEL-codes: D72; F50; P16; Z10
   Created/Revised: 2022-01-01 Added/Modified: 2022-04-07
5. Building trust in rural producer organizations: results from a randomized controlled trial
   Tanguy Bernard, Pia Naima Dänzer, Markus Frölich, Andreas Landmann, Angelino Viceisza and Fleur Wouterse
   from HAL
   Keywords: rural producer organizations,Senegal,trust
   Created/Revised: 2021-09-10 Added/Modified: 2022-03-01