Trust in private and common property experiments

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 957-975

  Cox, James C ^a   Ostrom, Elinor ^b   Walker, James M ^b   Castillo, Antonio Jamie ^c   Coleman, Eric ^b   Holahan, Robert ^b   Schoon, Michael ^d   Steedff, Brian ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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