HSE Seminar on Political Economy: Inna Zaytseva (NRU HSE) about the role of social capital in collective action problem

Millions of people around the world watch football championships, rooting for a country team, and national team players strive for victory in order to earn fame for themselves, for their country and not to let their fans down. How can a team win a football match? According to some researches, together with players’ talent one of the components of the success is a level of social capital in the country, which positively influences the quality of team performance. Presenting an article «The role of social capital in collective action problem: the case of national football teams», the professor of NRU HSE Inna Zaytseva spoke about this result in more detail.HSE Seminar on Political Economy

joint seminar of Higher School of Economics on political economy, International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) and NES Center for the Study of Diversity and Social Interaction was held February 7.

Moderators of HSE seminar on political economy: Alexei Zakharov (HSE), Konstantin Sonin (HSE)