Social exchange in the labor market: Reciprocity and trust versus egoistic money maximization

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-341

  Kirchler, Erich ^a   Fehr, Ernst ^b   Evans, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Labor market; Rational choice; Reciprocity; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030167438     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4870(96)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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