Theft, Gift-Giving, and Reciprocity: A South African Experiment
This paper uses a taking game to examine how South African subjects alter the amount they choose to 'steal' in response to a resource transfer from the potential victim. Any positive resource transfer significantly reduces the amount taken. 'Small' transfers reduce a victim's total losses, including the transfer and the subsequent 'theft'. Larger transfers increase a victim's total losses. This study failed to find that differences in the frame of a transfer (i.e. gift, as a bribe, or as a payment) influenced a taker's response to the transfer.
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2014
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Authors: | Pecenka, Clinton J. ; Kundhlande, Godfrey |
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Journal of Development Studies. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0022-0388. - Vol. 50.2014, 11, p. 1467-1481
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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