Coethnicity and trust

Whom can we trust?: How groups, networks, and institutions make trust possible

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 42-64

  Habyarimana, James ^a   Humphreys, Macartan ^b   Posner, Daniel N ^c   Weinstein, Jeremy M ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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