Is mistrust self-fulfilling?

Economics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-91

  Reuben, Ernesto ^a   Sapienza, Paola ^a   Zingales, Luigi ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Guilt aversion; Reciprocity; Trust; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649199003     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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