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Atilano Pena-López Author

Atilano Pena-López (Celeiro-Lugo, 1968) Professor of Economic Policy at the University of A Coruña. PhD in Economics. Member of the OSIM (Social Organizations, Institutions and Markets) research group. He researches Socioeconomics and critical aspects of economics, paying particular attention to the frontiers with other social sciences, with a special accent on social capital and its derivations (social trust, corruption, happiness, etc.), Ethics and Economics, and the Economics of Religion. Among the research on social capital, he has published in international journals like Economics Bulletin, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Happiness Studies, Social Networks, etc. and a series of book chapters linked to open questions.

Matías Membiela-Pollán (A Coruña,1981) Associate professor of Marketing and Market Research at the Universidade da Coruña (Spain). PhD in Economics and Business Administration, with a thesis on Social Capital and Relational Goods. Member of the research groups OSIM and IMARKA. His research interests are socioeconomics and social capital. He has published articles in various international journals and publishers indexed in WOS/JCR and Scopus. He is also the author of books on social capital, such as El Valor Económico de la Dimensión Social. Glosario (2013) y La Teoría del Capital Social (2016).