Is the hand of God involved in human cooperation?

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 70-80

  Ahmed, Ali M ^a,b   Salas, Osvaldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Individual behaviour; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449097381     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290910921190     Document Type: Article

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