Trust and Volunteering: Selection or Causation? Evidence From a 4 Year Panel Study

Political Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-247

  Bekkers, René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Panel data; Social capital; Trust; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861748371     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-011-9165-x     Document Type: Article

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