productivity than achieved by providing the equivalent direct subsidy. A controlled laboratory experiment supports our behavioral …

heterogeneous groups. When punishment is not allowed all groups converge towards free-riding. With punishment, contributions … that these differences are not accidentally but enforced by punishment. The enforced contribution norms are related to …

We study how punishment influences conditional cooperation. We ask two questions: 1) how does conditional cooperation … cooperation with punishment which leads to a decrease in conditional cooperation. The power to punish means more responsibility …

observed to act in isolation from each other. In this paper we use a large-scale dictator game experiment (N = 850) to show …

experiment (Jack and Recalde, J. Public Econ, 2015) but cannot be obtained in previous theoretical models of voluntary public …

the model's predictions in a laboratory experiment. Because collusive tax evasion involves social interaction, this paper …

influence performance in these tasks. In a field experiment with more than 3000 participants, we document a positive effect of …

a punishment regime, in which certain individuals are permitted, but not required, to have punishment directed toward … them. The punishment system can condition on type and contribution history. The results indicate that the most effective … regime, in terms of contributions and earnings, is one that allows punishment of low contributors only, regardless of …