Reciprocity : an economics of social relations / Serge-Christophe Kolm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolm, Serge-Christophe.

Series:

Federico Caffè lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Altruism--Economic aspects.

Altruism.

Physical Description:

xi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

A unique analysis of the role that reciprocity plays in the economics of social relationships.

Contents:

Part I Facts and forms

1 Presentation 11

2 Evidence and scope 33

3 Giving and exchanges 50

4 Forms and structures of reciprocity 74

Part II Motives

5 The three worlds of reciprocity 97

6 Balance reciprocity 105

7 Liking reciprocities 116

8 Other reciprocities: continuation, relational, imitation, extended 134

9 Reciprocity and social sentiments 142

10 Reciprocity in the modes of economic realization 151

Part III Values and reasons

11 The values of reciprocity 161

12 Reciprocal corrections of market failures 168

13 Reciprocity in trust, and intrinsic values 185

14 Normative uses of reciprocity 192

15 The logic of good social relations 202

16 How and why? Understanding and explaining reciprocity 224

Part IV The economics of reciprocity

17 General methodology of reciprocity analysis 245

18 The theory of comparative, matching, or balance reciprocity 251

19 The theory of liking reciprocity 262

20 Strategic interaction and process preferences: games of reciprocity 283

21 General properties of processes 290

22 Solutions of reciprocity games; comparisons 298

23 Reciprocity in the understanding of society and its economy 318.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-377) and index.

ISBN:

9780521882651

0521882656

OCLC:

166273646

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