Determinants of generalized trust: A cross-country comparison

Public Choice

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inequality; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846460823     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9069-1     Document Type: Article

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