Is trust a historical residue? Information flows and trust levels

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-92

  Fisman, Raymond ^a   Khanna, Tarun ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D23; Information infrastructure; Institutions; L14; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002335880     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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