Is competition good for trust? Cross-country evidence using micro-data

Economics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-59

  Fischer, Justina A V ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A13; C90; Competition; J50; Market interaction; Social trust; Z10

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949143875     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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