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Reciprocity and Uncertainty

By: Yoella Bereby-Meyer
Guala points to a discrepancy between strong negative reciprocity observed in the lab and the way cooperation is sustained "in the wild." This commentary suggests that in lab experiments, strong negative reciprocity is limited when uncertainty exists regarding the... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Cooperation
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Bereby-Meyer, Yoella. "Reciprocity and Uncertainty." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 35, no. 1 (February 2012): 18–19.
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Optimal Contracting with Reciprocal Agents

(with Florian Englmaier) (Job Market Paper)

 Abstract: Empirically, compensation systems often seem to generate substantial effort despite weak incentives. We consider reciprocal motivations as a source of incentives. We solve for the optimal... View Details

  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Social Interactions in Pandemics: Fear, Altruism, and Reciprocity

By: Laura Alfaro, Ester Faia, Nora Lamersdorf and Farzad Saidi
In SIR models, homogeneous or with a network structure, infection rates are assumed to be exogenous. However, individuals adjust their behavior. Using daily data for 89 cities worldwide, we document that mobility falls in response to fear, as approximated by Google... View Details
Keywords: Social Interactions; Pandemics; Mobility; Cities; SIR Networks; Social Preferences; Social Planner; Targeted Policies; Health Pandemics; Interpersonal Communication; Behavior; Policy
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Alfaro, Laura, Ester Faia, Nora Lamersdorf, and Farzad Saidi. "Social Interactions in Pandemics: Fear, Altruism, and Reciprocity." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27134, May 2020.
  • June 2017
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Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency

By: Ryan W. Buell, Tami Kim and Chia-Jung Tsay
We investigate whether organizations can create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact... View Details
Keywords: Operational Transparency; Service Management; Production Management; Organizational Performance; Behavioral Operations; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Consumer Behavior; Labor; Organizational Design; Operations; Service Industry; United States; Kenya
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Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and Chia-Jung Tsay. "Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency." Management Science 63, no. 6 (June 2017): 1673–1695.
  • 2001
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Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Leigh Thompson and Max Bazerman
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McGinn, Kathleen L., Leigh Thompson, and Max Bazerman. "Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-028, March 2001.
  • 01 Jul 2014
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Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency

Keywords: by Ryan W. Buell, Tami Kim & Chia-Jung Tsay
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Changes in Negative Reciprocity as a Function of Age

By: Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Shelly Fiks
Standard economic models assume people exclusively pursue material self-interests in social interactions. However, people exhibit social preferences; that is, they base their choices partly on the outcomes others obtained in a social interaction. People care about... View Details
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Bereby-Meyer, Yoella, and Shelly Fiks. "Changes in Negative Reciprocity as a Function of Age." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 26, no. 4 (October 2013): 397–403.
  • September 2016
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When 3+1>4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field

By: Duncan S. Gilchrist, Michael Luca and Deepak Malhotra
Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and lead to increased productivity? In a field experiment with 266 employees, we find that paying higher wages, per se, does not have a discernible effect on productivity (in a context with no future employment opportunities).... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Performance Productivity
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Gilchrist, Duncan S., Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra. "When 3+1>4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field." Management Science 62, no. 9 (September 2016): 2639–2650.
  • 01 Jul 2020
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Social Interactions in Pandemics: Fear, Altruism, and Reciprocity

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Ester Faia, Nora Lamersdorf, and Farzad Saidi; Health
  • 2006
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Altruism, Cooperation and Reciprocity in the Workplace

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Keywords: Working Conditions; Cooperation; Attitudes
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Rotemberg, Julio J. "Altruism, Cooperation and Reciprocity in the Workplace." Chap. 21 in Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity. Vol. 2, edited by Serge-Christophe Kolm and Jean Mercier Ythier, 1371–1435. Elsevier Science, 2006.
  • 2014
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Paying It Forward: Generalized Reciprocity and the Limits of Generosity

By: Kurt Gray, Adrian F. Ward and Michael I. Norton
When people are the victims of greed or recipients of generosity, their first impulse is often to pay back that behavior in kind. What happens when people cannot reciprocate, but instead have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different—to pay it... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Situation or Environment; Attitudes
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Gray, Kurt, Adrian F. Ward, and Michael I. Norton. "Paying It Forward: Generalized Reciprocity and the Limits of Generosity." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 143, no. 1 (February 2014): 247–254.
  • October 1973
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Variable and Self-Service Costs in Reciprocal Allocation Models

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Cost
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Variable and Self-Service Costs in Reciprocal Allocation Models." Accounting Review 48 (October 1973): 738–748.
  • September 2003
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Attributions of Trust and the Calculus of Reciprocity

By: Madan M. Pillutla, Deepak Malhotra and J. Keith Murnighan
Keywords: Trust
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Pillutla, Madan M., Deepak Malhotra, and J. Keith Murnighan. "Attributions of Trust and the Calculus of Reciprocity." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 39, no. 5 (September 2003): 448–455.
  • 2009
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Collaboration Across Knowledge Boundaries within Diverse Teams: Reciprocal Expertise Affirmation as an Enabling Condition

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Kate Roloff and Lucy H. MacPhail
We review research on expertise diversity, psychological safety, team collaboration, and role identity to propose a model in which reciprocal affirmations of expertise identity among team members—a feature of the team environment that we conceptualize as a dimension of... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Experience and Expertise; Learning; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Identity; Cooperation
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Edmondson, Amy C., Kate Roloff, and Lucy H. MacPhail. "Collaboration Across Knowledge Boundaries within Diverse Teams: Reciprocal Expertise Affirmation as an Enabling Condition." In Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation, edited by Laura M. Roberts and Jane E. Dutton, 311–332. Psychology Press, 2009.
  • 2002
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Altruism, Reciprocity and Cooperation in the Workplace

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
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Rotemberg, Julio J. "Altruism, Reciprocity and Cooperation in the Workplace." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-021, August 2002.
  • January 2003
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Dyadic Processes of Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Leigh Thompson and Max H. Bazerman
Keywords: Negotiation; Communication
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McGinn, Kathleen L., Leigh Thompson, and Max H. Bazerman. "Dyadic Processes of Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 16, no. 1 (January 2003): 17–34.
  • 2008
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Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry

By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski
This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power and those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who in turn receive numerous exchanges... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Piskorski, Mikolaj J. "Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-068, February 2008.
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Returnable Reciprocity: Returnable Gifts Are More Effective than Unreturnable Gifts at Promoting Virtuous Behaviors

By: J.J. Zlatev and Rogers, T.
Increasing virtuous behaviors, such as initiating healthy habits, is an important goal for policymakers and social scientists. To promote compliance with requests to perform virtuous behaviors, we study “returnable reciprocity.” Whereas traditional reciprocity involves... View Details
Keywords: Nudges; Reciprocity; Want-should Conflicts; Wellness; Health; Behavior; Change; Well-being
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Zlatev, J.J., and Rogers, T. "Returnable Reciprocity: Returnable Gifts Are More Effective than Unreturnable Gifts at Promoting Virtuous Behaviors." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 161, Supplement (November 2020): 74–84.
  • 2007
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Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power from those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who receive numerous exchanges from... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Power and Influence; Opportunities; Status and Position
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Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry." March 2007.
  • 1998
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Intimate Self-Disclosure Exchanges: Using Computers to Build Reciprocal Relationships with Consumers

By: Youngme Moon
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Moon, Youngme. "Intimate Self-Disclosure Exchanges: Using Computers to Build Reciprocal Relationships with Consumers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-059, November 1998.
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