Group Cooperation Under Alternative Peer Punishment Technologies: An Experiment

Marco Casari and Luigi Luini ()

Labsi Experimental Economics Laboratory University of Siena from University of Siena

Abstract: This paper experimentally studies peer punishment under three alternative technologies. We find that the choice of peer punishment technology has a substantial impact on group performance. First, under a technology where at least two subjects in the group must agree before another group member can be punished, group cooperation and group net earnings are the highest. Second, outcomes are similar regardless of whether punishment choices are simultaneously or sequential. These results suggest that punishment is not perceived as a second-order public good but is instead an emotional reaction unresponsive to changes in the strategic environment.

Keywords: decentralized punishment; public goods; other-regarding preferences; team production; experiments. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 C92 D23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-evo and nep-exp
Date: 2005-05
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