Trustworthiness is a social norm, but trusting is not

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-187

  Bicchieri, Cristina ^a   Xiao, Erte ^b   Muldoon, Ryan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

punishment; reciprocity; social norms; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952038351     PISSN: 1470594X     EISSN: 17413060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470594X10387260     Document Type: Article

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