The Circulation of Worthless Tokens Aids Cooperation: An Experiment Inspired by the Kula
Many anthropological records exist of seemingly worthless tokens exchanged in traditional societies. The most famous instances of such tokens are probably the Kula necklaces and armbands first described by B. Malinowski. In our experiment, each participant can send a token to another participant bef...
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MDPI AG
2018-09-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/9/3/63 |