کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
970003 1479489 2008 22 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Punishment and counter-punishment in public good games: Can we really govern ourselves?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Punishment and counter-punishment in public good games: Can we really govern ourselves?
چکیده انگلیسی

A number of experimental studies have shown that the opportunity to punish anti-social behavior increases cooperation levels when agents face a social dilemma. Using a public good experiment, I show that in the presence of counter-punishment opportunities cooperators are less willing to punish free riders. As a result, cooperation breaks down and groups have lower earnings in comparison to a treatment without punishments where free riding is predominant. Approximately one quarter of all punishments are retaliated. Counter-punishments appear to be driven partly by strategic considerations and partly by a desire to reciprocate punishments.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 92, Issues 1–2, February 2008, Pages 91–112
نویسندگان
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