Trust, voluntary cooperation, and socio-economic background: Survey and experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 505-531

  Gächter, Simon ^a   Herrmann, Benedikt ^b   Thöni, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Institut für Agrarökonomie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographics; Experiments; Russia; Social capital; Surveys; Trust; Voluntary cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744242984     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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