Distributive and reciprocal fairness: What can we learn from the heterogeneity of social preferences?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 538-553

  Kamas, Linda ^a   Preston, Anne ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Justice; Reciprocity; Social preferences; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857007922     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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