Microfoundations of social capital

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 635-643

  Thöni, Christian ^a   Tyran, Jean Robert ^b,c   Wengström, Erik ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Experiment; Fairness; Public goods; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861915341     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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