An Experimental Study of the Effects of Inequality and Relative Deprivation on Trusting Behavior
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- Jeffrey Milyo & Jennifer M. Mellor & Lisa R. Anderson, 2005. "An Experimental Study of the Effects of Inequality and Relative Deprivation on Trusting Behavior," Working Papers 0502, Department of Economics, University of Missouri.
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Trust; social capital; heterogeneity; inequality; experiment;
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- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2005-01-23 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
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