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An experimental Investigation of Fairness and Reciprocal Behavior in a Triangular Principal-Multiagent Relationship

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  • Alessandro Rossi
  • Massimo Warglien

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A laboratory investigation of a simple agency model that allow to study how the principal's fairness affects the attitude towards cooperation between two interdependent agents performing a simple production task.
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  • Alessandro Rossi & Massimo Warglien, 2001. "An experimental Investigation of Fairness and Reciprocal Behavior in a Triangular Principal-Multiagent Relationship," ROCK Working Papers 014, Department of Computer and Management Sciences, University of Trento, Italy, revised 12 Jun 2008.
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