How much should we trust the World Values Survey trust question?

Economics Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-212

  Johnson, Noel D ^a   Mislin, Alexandra ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural experiments; Trust; Trust game; World values survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858984154     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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