Violence, trust, and trustworthiness: Evidence from a Nairobi slum

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 283-305

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Conzo, Pierluigi ^b   Romeo, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84890349638     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpt008     Document Type: Article

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