Trust and institutions: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-593

  Wang, Lanlan ^a   Gordon, Peter ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutions; Multilevel analysis; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052895051     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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