Reciprocity and resistance to change: An experimental study

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 147, Issue , 2018, Pages 95-114

  Krügel, Jan Philipp ^a   Traub, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experiment; Gift exchange; Reciprocity; Resistance to change; Threshold contribution game

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044646285     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.12.017     Document Type: Article

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