Behavioral foundations of reciprocity: Experimental economics and evolutionary psychology

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-352

  Hoffman, Elizabeth ^a   McCabe, Kevin A ^b   Smith, Vernon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0032236198     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1998.tb01719.x     Document Type: Article

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