Does trust promote growth?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 777-788

  Horvath, Roman ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Economic growth; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880430140     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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