Gift-giving, quasi-credit and reciprocity

Rationality and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 308-352

  Thomas, Jonathan P ^a,b   Worrall, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gift giving; Implicit contract; Quasi credit; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036048858     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463102014003003     Document Type: Review

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