Traditional trust measurement and the risk confound: An experiment in rural Paraguay

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 272-292

  Schechter, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Gender; Paraguay; Risk aversion; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845607270     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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