Status and distrust: The relevance of inequality and betrayal aversion

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-213

  Hong, Kessely ^a   Bohnet, Iris ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity (payment); Risk perception; Status; Trust (social behavioral)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847746575     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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