Trust and religion: Experimental evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue 303, 2009, Pages 462-485

  Johansson Stenman, Olof ^a   Mahmud, Minhaj ^b   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HINDUISM; ISLAMISM; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67149111963     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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