Public Good Experiments
In public good experiments, behavioral economists have demonstrated that the potential for reciprocal actions by players increases the rate of contribution to the public good, providing evidence for the importance of reciprocity in social situations.
Read more about this topic: Reciprocity (social Psychology)
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