How does social trust lead to better governance? An attempt to separate electoral and bureaucratic mechanisms

Public Choice

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 323-346

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Governance; Transmission mechanisms; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952425956     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9522-z     Document Type: Article

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