The role of egalitarian motives in altruistic punishment

We conduct experiments in which subjects participate in both a game that measures preferences for income equality and a public goods game involving costly punishment. The results indicate that individuals who care about equality are those who are most willing to punish free-riders in public goods games.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Johnson, Tim ; Dawes, Christopher T. ; Fowler, James H. ; McElreath, Richard ; Smirnov, Oleg
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 102.2009, 3, p. 192-194
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Experiments Public goods games Altruistic punishment Egalitarian motives

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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