Replication data for: War, Inflation, and Social Capital

Summary:  View help for Summary We use weekly data from 79 Russian regions to measure the impact of economic shocks and proximity to war in Ukraine on social capital in Russian regions. We proxy social capital by the relative intensity of internet searches for the most salient dimensions of pro-social behavior such as "donate blood", "charity", "adopt a child" etc. This measure of social capital is correlated with a survey-based measure of generalized social trust. Our search-based measure of social capital responds negatively to the spikes of inflation and positively to the intensity of the conflict in Ukraine (controlling for region and week fixed effects).

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
      D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
      E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
      P24 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: National Income, Product, and Expenditure; Money; Inflation
      P25 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
      P36 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification