Trust, Punishment, and Cooperation Across 18 Societies: A Meta-Analysis

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-379

  Balliet, Daniel ^a   van Lange, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cooperation; culture; meta analysis; punishment; social capital; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879940065     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691613488533     Document Type: Article

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