Induced heterogeneity in trust experiments

Experimental Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-235

  Anderson, Lisa R ^a   Mellor, Jennifer M ^a   Milyo, Jeffrey ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Inequality; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746156986     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-006-9124-2     Document Type: Article

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