Mitchell, Helen; Nikiforakis, Nikos - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2011
. Controlling for the extent of norm violation, we find that demand for costly punishment is lower when participants also have the …, controlling for the extent of norm adherence. The reason is that participants use reward and punishment to signal their approval …. Similarly, the availability of punishment opportunities allows them to signal their approval by withholding punishment. This …