Do you trust your brethren?. Eliciting trust attitudes and trust behavior in a Tanzanian congregation

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-271

  Danielson, Anders J ^a   Holm, Hakan J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Experiments; Social capital; Trust Game

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845683003     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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