Gächter, Simon; Fehr, Ernst - In: Handbook of experimental economics results : volume 1, (pp. 319-324). 2008
This chapter reports the results of experiments that were designed to test the effectiveness of reciprocity as a … contract enforcement device. It turns out that reciprocity generates a significant increase in effort levels relative to the …. The impact of reciprocity is particularly strong if both parties have possibilities to reciprocate. Hence, reciprocity can …