Trust and reciprocity as foundations for cooperation

Whom can we trust?: How groups, networks, and institutions make trust possible

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 91-124

  Walker, James ^a   Ostrom, Elinor ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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