Trusting the State, Trusting Each Other? The Effect of Institutional Trust on Social Trust

Political Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 179-202

  Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar ^a   Dinesen, Peter Thisted ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Institutional trust; Panel data; Social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958663037     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-015-9322-8     Document Type: Article

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