The Economics of Social Capital and Health

A Conceptual and Empirical Roadmap

Editors: Sherman Folland and Lorenzo Rocco

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Published: January 2014

Pages: 236

ISBN: 978-9814293396

"An excellent collection of papers on the economics of social capital and health... a valuable contribution."

Thomas G. McGuire — Harvard Medical School

"This volume brings together leading researchers to address one of the most important and underexplored areas in health economics."

Martin McKee — London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

"A timely and authoritative volume on the economics of social capital and its relationship with health."

Franco Sassi — OECD

"Folland and Rocco have assembled a remarkable set of contributions that advance our understanding of the links between social capital and health."

Peter Zweifel — University of Zurich