of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

actions of bad actors. However, in many situations bad acts go undetected and unknown to others. We use a lab experiment to …

welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger about free-riding. If this is the case, then tools that regulate … aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (Objective), through a form of emotion regulation …

punishment, so that they increase overall welfare? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to … their actual punishment level. We find that threats increase the level of contributions significantly. Efficiency is … punishment leads to lower threats, cooperation and welfare, restoring them to levels equal to or below the levels attained in the …

. -- conditional cooperation ; selfish bias ; punishment ; public good experiment ; strategy method …This paper introduces new experimental designs to enrich understanding of conditional cooperation and punishment in … public good games. The key to these methods is to elicit complete contribution or punishment profiles using the strategy …

punishment ; collective action ; public goods ; internet experiment … in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important … mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this paper we explore the boundary conditions for altruistic punishment to …

bear a higher burden of punishment costs than non-police subjects. When the norm enforcement institution is endogenous, all …

and indirect reciprocity as well as third-party punishment – emerges earliest as an effective means to increase … cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma game. We find that third-party punishment exhibits a strikingly positive effect on … cooperation rates by doubling them in comparison to a control condition. It promotes cooperative behavior even before punishment …