Trust in international organizations: An empirical investigation focusing on the United Nations

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-93

  Torgler, Benno ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corruption; Globalization; International organizations; International trust; Political trust; Social trust; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449110122     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-007-9022-1     Document Type: Article

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