Theft, Gift-Giving, and Reciprocity: A South African Experiment

Clinton J. Pecenka and Godfrey Kundhlande

Journal of Development Studies, 2014, vol. 50, issue 11, 1467-1481

Abstract: This paper uses a taking game to examine how South African subjects alter the amount they choose to 'steal' in response to a resource transfer from the potential victim. Any positive resource transfer significantly reduces the amount taken. 'Small' transfers reduce a victim's total losses, including the transfer and the subsequent 'theft'. Larger transfers increase a victim's total losses. This study failed to find that differences in the frame of a transfer (i.e. gift, as a bribe, or as a payment) influenced a taker's response to the transfer.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.925540

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