an alternative explanation based on reciprocity. We propose a simple model and an experiment to test the relative …This paper studies the role of autonomy and reciprocity in explaining control averse responses in principal …-agents interactions. While most of the social psychology literature emphasizes the role of autonomy, recent economic research has provided …

decline in effort exertion which can be explained by negative reciprocity of the respective worker. These results put some …

The theory of reciprocity is predicated on the assumption that people are willing to reward nice or kind acts and to … in reciprocal behavior. After developing the conceptual framework, we then test this concept in a laboratory experiment …

test the efficacy of exogenously imposed minimum standard rules. Rules fail to increase trust and reciprocity, leading to … lower economic welfare. Although sufficiently restrictive rules restore welfare, trust and reciprocity never return. The …

-shared conclusion that cooperation observed in experiments (and its collapse) is mostly driven by imperfect reciprocity. In this study … fraction of reciprocally cooperative subjects become selfish in the course of the experiment, while the reverse is rarely … observed. We are thus driven to the conclusion that egoism is more resistant to exposure to social dilemmas than reciprocity …

, risk aversion, and reciprocity. Particularly, we are interested in the role of reciprocity because the possibility of … send less money than solely selfish ones. In our experiment, most subjects show distinct social preferences in the receiver …-social, lottery-like setting, where a computer plays the role of the receiver. This means that the relevance of reciprocity …

) is added in order to introduce reciprocity. We find significantly higher rates of selfish choices in our treatments that …

-shared conclusion that cooperation observed in experiments (and its collapse)is mostly driven by imperfect reciprocity. In this study … fraction of reciprocally cooperative subjects become selfish in the course of the experiment, while the reverse is rarely … observed. We are thus driven to the conclusion that egoism is more resistant to exposure to social dilemmas than reciprocity. …

Social life offers innumerable instances in which trust relations involve multiple agents. In an experiment, we study a … actions. Trustworthiness has also a strategic motivation, and the trusters' decision depends upon their beliefs about the …, strategic motives appear as a major drive for trustees, comparable in size to positive reciprocity, and more important than …