Trust between individuals and groups: Groups are less trusting than individuals but just as trustworthy

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 646-657

  Kugler, Tamar ^a   Bornstein, Gary ^b   Kocher, Martin G ^c,d   Sutter, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Group behavior; Trust game

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947589561     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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