Explaining large-N cooperation: Generalized social trust and the social exchange heuristic

Rationality and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-74

  Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collective action; Generalized social trust; Pro environmental behavior; Social exchange heuristic

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953287319     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463110396058     Document Type: Article

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