The robustness of trust and reciprocity across a heterogeneous U.S. population

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-240

  Garbarino, Ellen ^a   Slonim, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Expectations; Experimental economics; Gender; Reciprocity; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249092107     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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