I provide a typology of social capital, breaking it down into seven more fundamental forms of capital: information capital, brokerage capital, coordination and leadership capital, bridging capital, favor capital, reputation capital, and community capital. I discuss how most of these forms of social capital can be identified using different network-based measures. JEL Classification Codes: D85, ...

We examine the relation between venture capital (VC) investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world. We find evidence of a strong positive association between VC investments and lagged M&A activity, consistent with the hypothesis that an active M&A market provides viable exit opportunities for VC companies and therefore incentivizes them to engage in more deals. We als...

In the July 1997 issue of the Survey of Current Business the Bureau of Economic Analysis presented new methods for the measurement of capital in the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts. This is one of the most important advances in national accounting since the creation of the United Nations (1968) System of National Accounts and presents the critical challenge to members of the Canberra ...

This paper focuses on conditions in forestry villages in the northern rayony of Perm’ oblast’, inEuropean Russia, which form part of the Russian "Near North". It describes the collapse of thelocal forestry economy after 1991, and against the backdrop of these economic conditions, thepaper then discusses the survival strategies being employed by the inhabitants of the villages of...

This report presents a cost analysis of Polymer Grade (PG) Propylene production from ethylene and raffinate-2 using a metathesis process. The process examined is similar to CB&I Lummus Technology's Olefins Conversion Technology (OCT). In this process, Polymer Grade Propylene is produced through a metathesis reaction of ethylene with 2-butene, present in raffinate-2 feedstock. This report examin...

Evidence indicates that taller workers earn more, particularly in lower income settings. It is possible that stature is a marker of strength which is rewarded in the labor market, or that height is a proxy for other dimensions of health and human capital including cognition, early-life investments, and other family background characteristics. As such, height may be an informative signal of work...