Fairness and retaliation: The economics of reciprocity

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-181

  Fehr, Ernst ^a   Gächter, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0011574501     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.3.159     Document Type: Article

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