A theory of reciprocity

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-315

  Falk, Armin ^a   Fischbacher, Urs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Fairness; Game theory; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844442741     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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