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ZUNTINI, Analía  e  LEONARDI, Viviana. Capital social y desempeño económico: Un análisis para Argentina. Estud. Econ. [online]. 2010, vol.27, n.54, pp. 67-94. ISSN 2525-1295.

The notion of social capital and its possibilities of contributing to the economic and social development are included into a new debate in the field of development, which is looking for incorporated further dimensions and reappraised aspects not-included into the conventional economic thinking. This paper proposes to analyze the impact of social capital into the economic performance of Argentina for the period 1996-2007 using an econometric model of linear regression base on time-series data. The results suggest that the participation in associations (measured thought cooperatives and benefit societies) are a relevant variable to explain the Argentine economic growth.

Palavras-chave : Social capital; Economic performance.