Cooperation under alternative punishment institutions: An experiment

Marco Casari and Luigi Luini

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, vol. 71, issue 2, pages 273-282

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Public; goods; Peer; punishment; Social; norms; Team; production; Experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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