?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3592%2F&rft.title=Bridging+or+bonding%3F+Preferences+for+redistribution+and+social+capital+in+Russia&rft.creator=Borisova%2C+Ekaterina&rft.creator=Govorun%2C+Andrei&rft.creator=Ivanov%2C+Denis&rft.subject=DK+Russia.+Soviet+Union.+Former+Soviet+Republics&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.description=Does+bridging+or+bonding+social+capital+matter+for+redistribution+preferences%3F+Existing+literature+demonstrates+causal+link+between+measures+of+social+capital+and+such+preferences+but+does+it+mostly+for+developed+countries+with+good+enforcement+of+formal+rules+and+without+a+distinction+between+two+completely+different+types+of+social+capital.+We+argue+that+welfare+state+relies+on+contributions+from+an+immense+number+of+anonymous+citizens%2C+thus+attitudes+towards+strangers%2C+i.e.+generalized+trust+and+solidarity+should+be+salient.+Using+two+surveys+of+about+34%2C000+and+37%2C000+Russians+we+prove+this+proposition+showing+the+importance+of+the+bridging+type+but+not+the+bonding+one.+Instrumenting+social+capital+with+education%2C+climate+and+distance+from+Moscow+we+deal+with+endogeneity+concerns.+Additionally+we+claim+that+connection+between+social+capital+and+redistribution+preferences+for+less+developed+countries+such+as+Russia+could+be+similar+to+developed+countries.&rft.publisher=IMT+School+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2016-11&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3592%2F1%2FEIC_WP_5_2016.pdf&rft.identifier=++Borisova%2C+Ekaterina+and+Govorun%2C+Andrei+and+Ivanov%2C+Denis++Bridging+or+bonding%3F+Preferences+for+redistribution+and+social+capital+in+Russia.++EIC+working+paper+series++%235%2F2016++++IMT+School+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++