Trusting and trustworthiness: What are they, how to measure them, and what affects them

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-79

  Ben Ner, Avner ^a   Halldorsson, Freyr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Office of Human Resources   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Measurement; Trust game; Trusting; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249084920     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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