Aimone, Jason A.; Iannaccone, Laurence R.; Makowsky, … - In: Review of Economic Studies 80 (2013) 4, pp. 1215-1236
Sacrifice is widely believed to enhance cooperation in churches, communes, gangs, clans, military units, and many other groups. We find that sacrifice can also work in the lab, apart from special ideologies, identities, or interactions. Our subjects play a modified VCM game--one in which they...