Trust games: A meta-analysis

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 865-889

  Johnson, Noel D ^a   Mislin, Alexandra A ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural experiments; Meta analysis; Trust; Trust game

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052026762     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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