preferences or peer punishment, both of which are similar across the four subject pools. Our methodology is generalizable across …

inclinations. The third pillar are sanctions meted out to anyone who does not cooperate; ideally punishment can work as a mere … findings, in particular with regard to punishment behaviour. The chapter concludes with remarks on future research. …

punishment as well as their relative importance for mitigating social dilemmas. Using a novel strategy-method approach we … identify individual punishment patterns and link them with individual cooperation patterns. Classifying N = 628 subjects along … these two dimensions documents that cooperation and punishment patterns are intuitively aligned for most individuals …

punishment option and compare it to the behavior of individuals in a laboratory experiment. We also consider different team …

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 …

Altruistic punishment is a fundamental driver for cooperation in human interactions. In this paper, we expand our … understanding of this form of costly punishment to help explain a puzzle of voting behavior: why do people who are indifferent … simple voting experiment, we show that many voters are willing to engage in voting as a form of punishment, even when voting …