In this issue we feature 16 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

1. Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach
   Daniel Tuki
   from Center for Open Science (2023)
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-28 Added/Modified: 2023-02-04 
2. 'Ten pound touts': post-conflict trust and the legacy of counterinsurgency in Northern Ireland
   Kristin M. Bakke and Kit Rickard
   from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2023)
   Keywords: Trust, Counterinsurgency, Post-conflict, Governance, Survey
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-02-01 
3. The legacies of authoritarian repression on civil society
   Laia Balcells and Francisco Villamil
   from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2023)
   Keywords: Authoritarianism, Repression, Democracy, Civic participation
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-01-26 
4. Norms, Emotions, and Culture in Human Cooperation and Punishment: Theory and Evidence
   Sanjit Dhami and Mengxing Wei
   from CESifo (2023)
   Keywords: cooperation and punishment, emotions-shame, frustration, anger, social norms, culture, bounded rationality
   JEL-codes: C91; C92; D01; D91
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-01-26 
5. The Dynamics of Networks and Homophily
   Matthew Jackson, Stephen M. Nei, Erik Snowberg and Leeat Yariv
   from CESifo (2023)
   Keywords: homophily, social networks, dynamic networks, undergraduate education, peer effects
   JEL-codes: D85; I21; J15; J16; Z13
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-01-19 
6. Is There Hope after Despair? An Analysis of Trust among China's Cultural Revolution Survivors
   Massimiliano Tani, Zhiming Cheng and Benno Torgler
   from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)
   Keywords: trust, Cultural Revolution, inside-outside groups
   JEL-codes: D3
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-01-22 
7. Accounting for the long-term stability of the welfare-state regimes in a model with distributive preferences and social norms
   Gilles Le Garrec
   from HAL (2023)
   Keywords: Redistribution, voting behavior, fairness, endogenous preferences
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-01-31 
8. Mind the framing when studying social preferences in the domain of losses
   Armenak Antinyan, Luca Corazzini, Miloš Fišar and Tommaso Reggiani
   from Masaryk University (2023)
   Keywords: loss, framing, altruism, dictator game, experiment, social norms
   JEL-codes: C91; D02; D64
   Created/Revised: 2023-02-01 Added/Modified: 2023-02-07 
9. Home alone: Widows' Well-Being and Time
   Maja Adena, Daniel Hamermesh, Michal Myck and Monika Oczkowska
   from CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition (2023)
   Keywords: widowhood; well-being; social networks; time use;
   JEL-codes: I19; I31; J14
   Created/Revised: 2023-01-20 Added/Modified: 2023-01-24 
10. In Gov we Trust: Are Trust and Political Ideology Important Factors of Public Acceptance for Environmental Policies?
    Catherine Benjamin, Sebastian Irigoyen and David Masclet
    from Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes 1, University of Caen and CNRS (2023)
    Keywords: Public support, Environmental policies, trust, populism
    JEL-codes: D02; D12; H11; H12; Q50
    Created/Revised: 2023-02-01 Added/Modified: 2023-02-08 
11. Corporate Culture and Organizational Fragility
    Matthew Elliott, Benjamin Golub and Mathieu V. Leduc
    from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2023)
    Keywords: Corporate Culture, fragility, Networks
    Created/Revised: 2023-02-05 Added/Modified: 2023-02-04 
12. Does money strengthen our social ties? Longitudinal evidence of lottery winners
    Joan Costa-Font and Nattavudh Powdthavee
    from London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023)
    Keywords: income; lottery; socialization effect; unearned income; friendships; neighbourhood; social ties; Sage deal
    JEL-codes: Z10
    Created/Revised: 2023-02-21 Added/Modified: 2023-02-07 
13. Persecution and Escape
    Sascha Becker, Volker Lindenthal, Sharun Mukand and Fabian Waldinger
    from CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition (2023)
    Keywords: professional networks; high-skilled emigration; Nazi Germany; Jewish academics; universities;
    JEL-codes: I20; I23; I28; J15; J24; N30; N34; N40; N44
    Created/Revised: 2023-01-23 Added/Modified: 2023-01-24 
14. The long-term impact of religion on social capital: lessons from post-war Czechoslovakia
    Štěpán Mikula, Tommaso Reggiani and Fabio Sabatini
    from Masaryk University (2023)
    Keywords: Institutions, migration, conflict, social capital, religion, transition countries
    JEL-codes: D74; L31; N24; N44; N94; O15; Z12
    Created/Revised: 2023-02-01 Added/Modified: 2023-02-09 
15. Trust and social preferences in times of acute health crisis
    Fortuna Casoria, Fabio Galeotti and Marie Claire Villeval
    from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon (2023)
    Keywords: Social preferences, Trust, Trustworthiness, Pandemic, COVID-19, Social distancing
    JEL-codes: C92; D91; I18
    Created/Revised: 2023-01-01 Added/Modified: 2023-02-08 
16. Identity conflict, ethnocentrism and social cohesion
    Matteo Sestito
    from HAL (2023)
    Keywords: ethnic conflict,social cohesion,identity,Africa
    Created/Revised: 2023-01-23 Added/Modified: 2023-01-31 

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