Whom do you distrust and how much does it cost? An experiment on the measurement of trust

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 285-298

  McEvily, Bill ^a   Radzevick, Joseph R ^b   Weber, Roberto A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Experiment; Trust; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855192692     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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