Social Capital, Trust, and the Agribusiness of Economics

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Wilson, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of trust; Governance mechanisms; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034379824     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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