Is it rational to internalize the personal norm that one should reciprocate?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-48

  Grossmann, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experimental labor market; Fair wage effort hypothesis; Personal norms; Reciprocal behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036145409     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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