Mutual interdependence versus repeated interaction: An experiment studying voluntary social exchange

Rationality and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-158

  Güth, Werner ^a   Levati, M Vittoria ^a   von Wangenheim, Georg ^b  

^a Department of Archaeology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Profit sharing; Reciprocity; Voluntary social exchange experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951649804     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463110366230     Document Type: Article

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