theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators' punishment is almost exclusively targeted … towards the defectors but the latter also impose a considerable amount of spiteful punishment on the cooperators. However …, spiteful punishment vanishes if the punishers can no longer affect the payoff differences between themselves and the punished …

contributions mechanism with punishment (VCMP). We eliminate 'dynamic economic linkages' between the two stages of our "modified …" VCMP to rule out other potential explanations. We use a beliefs-based model, rooted in psychological game theory, to derive …

We present the results of an experiment that measures social preferences within couples in a context where intra …

This paper presents results from a prisoner's dilemma game experiment with a third party punisher. Third party … punishment was frequently observed, in line with previous studies. Despite the prevalence of punishment, having one third party … punisher in a group did not make one's defection materially unbeneficial because of the weak punishment intensity observed …

-making experiment preceding the take game. The gameconsists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides howmuch income … punishment behavior. (3) Thereare discontinuous "jumps" in the behavior of responders. They either chooseno punishment (destroy … nothing) or the highest level of punishment (destroyeverything). (4) Expectations have a significant effect on the …

preferences in an incentive-compatible manner over voluntary contribution mechanisms with and without reward and punishment … payoffs are significantly greater when punishment is allowed but that only a small minority of participants prefers such an … ; voluntary contribution ; risk, loss, and ambiguity aversion ; preference elicitation ; reward and punishment …

inappropriate. More importantly, victims of such abuse also start to believe that punishers' free-riding and punishment are …

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