Is trust the missing root of institutions, education, and development?

Public Choice

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 641-669

  Bjørnskov, Christian ^a   Méon, Pierre Guillaume ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; Education; Institutions; Social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888309993     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0069-7     Document Type: Article

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