In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

1. Organizing Crime: an Empirical Analysis of the Sicilian Mafia
   Michele Battisti, Andrea Mario Lavezzi and Roberto Musotto
   from arXiv.org
   Created/Revised: 2022-05-01 Added/Modified: 2022-05-06
2. Social Recognition: Experimental Evidence from Blood Donors
   Lorenz Götte and Egon Tripodi
   from CESifo
   Keywords: prosocial behaviour, blood donations, social recognition, field experiments, social media, WhatsApp
   Created/Revised: 2022-01-01 Added/Modified: 2022-04-30
3. Is the Price Right? The Role of Morals, Ideology, and Tradeoff Thinking in Explaining Reactions to Price Surges
   Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis
   from CESifo
   Keywords: price surges, price controls, preferences, morality, tradeoffs
   JEL-codes: C91; D63; D91; I11
   Created/Revised: 2022-01-01 Added/Modified: 2022-04-23
4. Morals as Luxury Goods and Political Polarization
   Benjamin Enke, Mattias K Polborn and Alex Wu
   from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   JEL-codes: D03; D72
   Created/Revised: 2022-04-01 Added/Modified: 2022-05-04
5. Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the US
   Stefano Gagliarducci and Marco Tabellini
   from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   JEL-codes: J15; N31; Z12
   Created/Revised: 2022-04-01 Added/Modified: 2022-05-04
6. Prejudice: Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Patriarchy in the World
   Vani Borooah
   from University Library of Munich, Germany
   Keywords: Prejudice, homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny
   JEL-codes: I3; I31; J71
   Created/Revised: 2021-01-01 Added/Modified: 2022-05-19
7. Weather to Protest: The Effect of Black Lives Matter Protests on the 2020 Presidential Election
   Bouke Klein Teeselink and Georgios Melios
   from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
   Keywords: Collective Action; Black Lives Matter; Presidential Elections; Protests; IV
   JEL-codes: D72; J15
   Created/Revised: 2022-05-22 Added/Modified: 2022-05-27
8. Witchcraft Beliefs Around the World: An Exploratory Analysis
   Boris Gershman
   from American University, Department of Economics
   Keywords: Conformity, Culture, Development, Happiness, Innovation, Institutions, Religion, Social capital, Witchcraft beliefs
   JEL-codes: I31; O10; O31; O43; O57; Z10; Z12; Z13
   Created/Revised: 2022-01-01 Added/Modified: 2022-05-20