Third-party punishment as a costly signal of trustworthiness

Jillian J. Jordan (), Moshe Hoffman, Paul Bloom and David G. Rand ()
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Jillian J. Jordan: Yale University
Moshe Hoffman: Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Harvard University
Paul Bloom: Yale University
David G. Rand: Yale University

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7591, 473-476

Abstract: In human societies, individuals who violate social norms may be punished by third-party observers who have not been harmed by the violator; this study suggests that a reason why the observers are willing to punish is to be seen as more trustworthy by the community.

Date: 2016
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