Social Network Analysis and informal trade
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Keywords
social networks; informal trade; development; centrality; brokerage; embeddedness; social capital; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-SOC-2015-02-05 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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