Religion and trust: An experimental study

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 832-848

  Tan, Jonathan H W ^a   Vogel, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiment; Questionnaire; Religiosity; Stereotype; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449121452     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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