Do natural disasters enhance societal trust?

Kyklos

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-279

  Toya, Hideki ^a   Skidmore, Mark ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INCOME; NATURAL DISASTER; RELIGION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84898015042     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12053     Document Type: Article

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