Trust and gender: An examination of behavior and beliefs in the Investment Game

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 466-476

  Buchan, Nancy R ^a   Croson, Rachel T A ^b   Solnick, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Gender; Trust; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249083509     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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