Fairness versus efficiency. An experimental study of (mutual) gift giving

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 465-475

  Güth, Werner ^a   Kliemt, Hartmut ^b   Ockenfels, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Experimental economics; Fairness; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037374910     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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