“…Numerous studies suggest that social capital in some form is beneficial for economic growth (Putnam 1993;Fukuyama 1995;Knack and Keefer 1997;La Porta et al 1997;Dasgupta and Sergaldin 2000;Glaeser et al 2000;Zak and Knack 2001;Knack and Zak 2002;Beugelsdijk, de Groot, and van Schaik 2004;Bengtsson, Berggren, and Jordahl 2005), but also, to mention some other areas, for trade (Greif 1989;Woolcock 1998, p. 158;den Butter and Mosch 2003), happiness (Uslaner 2002, ch. 8;Bjørnskov 2003), democratic stability (Inglehart 1999;Uslaner 2003, p. 177), political and civic involvement (Knack andKeefer 1997, p. 1255;La Porta et al 1997), crime prevention (Wilson 1987), and health (Putnam 2000, pp.…”