Individual's religiosity enhances trust: Latin american evidence for the puzzle

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 555-566

  Brañas Garza, Pablo ^a   Rossi, Máximo ^b   Zaclicever, Dayna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Catholics; Economic behavior; Religious practice; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349100892     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00222.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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