Chapter 6 Reciprocity: Its Scope, Rationales, and Consequences

Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 371-541

  Kolm, Serge Christophe ^a  

^a School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

altruism; balance; compensation; fairness; family; gift giving; liking; market failures; matching; reciprocity; social relation; transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947273953     PISSN: 15740714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0714(06)01006-2     Document Type: Review

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