Do government actions affect social trust? Cross-city evidence in China

Social Science Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-457

  Sun, Wenkai ^a   Wang, Xianghong ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Corruption; Government actions; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870667697     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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