Hugh-Jones, David; Reinstein, David - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2009
Costly signaling of commitment to a group has been proposed as an explanation forparticipation in religion and ritual. But if the signal’s cost is too small, freeriders willsend the signal and behave selfishly later. Effective signaling may then be prohibitivelycostly. If the average level of...