Trust in others: Does religion matter?

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-186

  Daniels, Joseph P ^a   von der Ruhr, Marc ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Religion; Social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953672620     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760902968447     Document Type: Article

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