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Creating an efficient culture of cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Williams, Tony - 2017
that avoid these costs and whether other, more centralized, punishment systems are superior and will be preferred by the … people. Here, we show that efficient peer sanctioning without much need for costly punishment emerges quickly if we introduce … social norm of high cooperation. This norm appears to guide subjects' cooperation and punishment choices, including the …
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Social norms, endogenous sorting and the culture of cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Williams, Tony - 2018
preferred by the people. Here, we show that welfare-enhancing peer sanctioning without much need for costly punishment emerges …. The exogenous removal of the norm consensus opportunity reduces the efficiency of peer punishment and renders centralized … peer sanctioning with a norm consensus opportunity or an equally efficient institution with centralized punishment by an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011844819
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Saving face and group identity
Eriksson, Tor; Mao, Lei; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2015
Are people willing to sacrifice resources to save one's and others' face? In a laboratory experiment, we study whether individuals forego resources to avoid the public exposure of the least performer in their group. We show that a majority of individuals are willing to pay to preserve not only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283153
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Ingroup bias with multiple identities: the case of religion and attitudes towards government size
Sgroi, Daniel; Yeo, Jonathan; Zhuo, Shi - 2021
Group identity is known to exert a powerful socio-psychological influence on behaviour but to date has been largely explored as a uni-dimensional phenomenon. We consider the role of multiple dimensions of identity, asking what might happen to ingroup and outgroup perceptions and the resulting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619799
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The impact of sleep restriction on contributions and punishment : first evidence
Clark, Jeremy; Dickinson, David L. - 2017
individual's likelihood of sending costly peer punishment is examined. Actigraphy sleep monitoring watches are used to validate …-parametric as well as regression analysis, we find that when punishment is not available, sleep restriction does not affect the … contributions made to joint production. When punishment is available, we find weak evidence that SR subjects contribute more than WR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011670941
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Intuitive cooperation and punishment in the field
Artavia-Mora, Luis; Bedi, Arjun Singh; Rieger, Matthias - 2016
pressure can increase rates of punishment. We discuss our results with respect to findings in the lab on cognitive models of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457335
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Economic polarization and antisocial behavior : an experiment
Bigoni, Maria; Bortolotti, Stefania; Nas Özen, Efşan - 2019
Economic inequality may fuel frustration, possibly leading to anger and antisocial behavior. We experimentally study a situation where only the rich can reduce inequality while the poor can express their discontent by destroying the wealth of a rich counterpart with whom they had no previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064378
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Anger management : aggression and punishment in the provision of public goods
Gee, Laura K.; Lyu, Xinxin; Urry, Heather - 2017
welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger about free-riding. If this is the case, then tools that regulate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607404
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Peers or police? : detection and sanctions in the provision of public goods
DeAngelo, Gregory; Gee, Laura K. - 2018
Sanctions are a common method to discourage free-riding in the provision of public goods. However, we can usually only sanction those who are detected performing the bad act of free-riding. There has been considerable research on the type of sanctions imposed, but this research almost always...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865465