Cooperation under alternative punishment institutions: An experiment

While peer punishment has been shown to increase group cooperation, there is open debate on how cooperative norms can emerge and on what motives drive individuals to punish. In a public good experiment we compared alternative punishment institutions and found (1) higher cooperation levels under a co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization 2009-08, Vol.71 (2), p.273-282
Hauptverfasser:	Casari, Marco, Luini, Luigi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Comparative analysis Cooperation Economic theory Experiments Institutions Peer punishment Public good Public goods Public goods Peer punishment Social norms Team production Experiments Punishment Quantitative Finance Social norms Studies Team production Teamwork
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Zusammenfassung:	While peer punishment has been shown to increase group cooperation, there is open debate on how cooperative norms can emerge and on what motives drive individuals to punish. In a public good experiment we compared alternative punishment institutions and found (1) higher cooperation levels under a consensual punishment institution than under autonomous individual punishment; (2) similar cooperation levels under sequential and simultaneous punishment institutions.
ISSN:	0167-2681 1879-1751 0167-2681
DOI:	10.1016/j.jebo.2009.03.022