Can observers predict trustworthiness?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 246-259

  Belot, Michèle ^a   Bhaskar, V ^b   van de Ven, Jeroen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84856289347     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00146     Document Type: Article

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