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: Binzel, Christine (Author) , Fehr, Dietmar (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 31 January 2013
In: 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
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Author Notes:Christine Binzel, Dietmar Fehr
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