Does market participation promote generalized trust? Experimental evidence from Southern Africa

Economics Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Siziba, Shephard ^a   Bulte, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalized morality; Market integration; Trade; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861423997     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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