Modelling Kindness∗
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چکیده
Kindness is an important concept in reciprocity theory, and may matter also for other forms of motivation. We critically compare definitions proposed by Rabin (1993) and by Dufwenberg & Kirchsteiger (2004). Several reasons to prefer the latter definition are highlighted, but also a flaw (discovered by Isoni & Sugden 2018) which we show can be eliminated using a slightly revised definition.
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