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Perspectives from ethnography on weak and strong reciprocity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2012
Abstract
To add ethnographic perspective to Guala's arguments, I suggest reasons why experimental and ethnographic evidence do not concur and highlight some difficulties in measuring whether positive and negative reciprocity are indeed costly. I suggest that institutions to reduce the costs of maintaining cooperation are not limited to complex societies.
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