Recent experiments show that public goods can be provided at high levels when mutual monitoring and costly punishment … are allowed. All these experiments, however, study monitoring and punishment in a setting where all agents can monitor and … fundamental, properties in graph theory allow us to interpret the variation in the patterns of behavior that arise in the …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … hypotheses derived from the theory. …

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 …

welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger about free-riding. If this is the case, then tools that regulate …

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 …

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 …

The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an …