Kapitał społeczny a poziom rozwoju gospodarczego w świetle modelu jastrząb-gołąb
Social Capital and Economic Development: Conclusions From the Hawk-Dove Model

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present the relation between the level and forms of social capital and the economic development based on the Hawk-Dove Model (Bowles, 2004). Methods: In order to explain and model the transmission channels of social capital on the economy the game theoretic Hawk-Dove model is used. We analyzed: (1) the relations between the social capital and one of its dimensions, namely the social bonds and the level of economic development expressed by GDP per capita and (2) the relations between the level of institutional development and the level of economic development. Results: (1) the higher the fraction of doves in the society (meaning higher social capital), the higher the GDP per capita, (2) in the conditions of economic growth and high institutional development it becomes less profitable to adopt antisocial (hawk) strategies, (3) social bonds limit the probability of meeting a hawk; the stronger the social bonds are, the less costly it is to maintain them, (4) the initial increase in specialization fosters development of social bonds, further increase in specialization causes marginal profits from a new member acquisition to drop, the costs to exceed profits; all of which reduces the optimal group size, (5) the group size falls in line with higher institutional development. Conclusions: The game the- oretic Hawk-Dove model can be used to explain the mechanisms of social capital accumulation and its relations with economic and institutional development.

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