Reciprocity : an economics of social relations /

Reciprocity is the basis of social relations. It permits a peaceful and free society in which people and rights are respected. The essence of families and communities, it also enables the working of markets and organisations, while correcting their main failures. Reciprocity is also a basis of polit...

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Main Author: Kolm, Serge-Christophe
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Federico Caffè lectures.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Facts and forms
  • Evidence and scope
  • Giving and exchanges
  • Forms and structures of reciprocity
  • The three worlds of reciprocity
  • Balance reciprocity
  • Liking reciprocities
  • Other reciprocities : continuation, relational, imitation, extended
  • Reciprocity and social sentiments
  • Reciprocity in the modes of economic realization
  • The values of reciprocity
  • Reciprocal corrections of market failures
  • Reciprocity in trust, and intrinsic values
  • Normative uses of reciprocity
  • The logic of good social relations
  • How and why? : understanding and explaining reciprocity
  • General methodology of reciprocity analysis
  • The theory of comparative, matching, or balance reciprocity
  • The theory of liking reciprocity
  • Strategic interaction and process preferences
  • General properties about processes
  • Solutions of reciprocity games: comparisons
  • Reciprocity in the understanding of society and its economy.