Trade, trust and the rule of law

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-115

  Yu, Shu ^a   Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd ^a   de Haan, Jakob ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Central Bank ^*  (Netherlands)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Institutional quality; International trade; Rule of law; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911916179     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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