Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 371-541). 2006
Reciprocity is one of the main basic social relations that constitute societies. It consists of being favourable to others because others are favourable to you (and not from an exchange in the strict sense). It rests on three possible rationales: (1) balance (comparison, matching), often related...