When social norms overpower competition: Gift exchange in experimental labor markets

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 324-351

  Fehr, Ernst ^b   Kirchler, Erich ^b   Weichbold, Andreas ^a   Gächter, Simon ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032371511     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209891     Document Type: Article

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