Understanding trust

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 573, 2013, Pages 1313-1332

  Sapienza, Paola ^a,b,c   Toldra Simats, Anna ^d   Zingales, Luigi ^b,c,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ETHICS; GAME THEORY;

EID: 84890312052     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12036     Document Type: Article

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