Political corruption and social trust: An experimental approach

Rationality and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-112

  Rothstein, Bo ^a   Eek, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corruption; Institutional trust; Social capital; Social trust; Trust experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449099966     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463108099349     Document Type: Article

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