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Efficiency and Stability of Relationships with Local Altruistic Commitment

In: The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism

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  • Ottorino Chillemi

    (University of Padua)

  • Benedetto Gui

    (University of Padua)

Abstract

Continuing interaction with the same partners may ensure greater joint surplus than switching to new partners. When this is so, one can say that past history has led to the accumulation of relation-specific assets, and economic analysis of the relationship boils down to studying the creation and exploitation of such assets. Indeed, bargaining costs may dissipate part of their potential returns, and correspondingly reduce the value of the assets themselves. Furthermore, in an ex ante perspective, investment costs are also to be accounted for, so surplus maximization is subject to even stricter individual incentive compatibility constraints.

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  • Ottorino Chillemi & Benedetto Gui, 2000. "Efficiency and Stability of Relationships with Local Altruistic Commitment," International Economic Association Series, in: L.-A. Gérard-Varet & S.-C. Kolm & J. Mercier Ythier (ed.), The Economics of Reciprocity, Giving and Altruism, chapter 21, pages 359-374, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-62745-5_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-62745-5_21
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