Is trust a risky decision?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 447-465

  Eckel, Catherine C ^a   Wilson, Rick K ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining games; Laboratory experiments; Risk aversion; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744219620     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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