Social distance and trust: experimental evidence from a slum in Cairo
While strong social ties help individuals cope with missing institutions, trade is essentially limited to those who are part of the social network. We examine what makes the decision to trust a stranger different from the decision to trust a member of a given social network (a friend), by comparing...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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31 January 2013
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Journal of development economics
Year: 2013, Volume: 103, Pages: 99-106 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.01.009 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.01.009 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387813000126 |
| Author Notes: | Christine Binzel, Dietmar Fehr |
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