Trust as a social and emotional act: Noneconomic considerations in trust behavior

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 686-694

  Dunning, David ^a   Fetchenhauer, Detlef ^b   Schlösser, Thomas M ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic games; Exchange relationships; Risk behavior; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857650062     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.09.005     Document Type: Review

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