of social life: hierarchy and power asymmetry. While recent accounts posit that hierarchies can reduce within …-group conflict, individuals who possess high rank or power tend to show less cooperation. How, then, is cooperation achieved within … groups that contain power asymmetries? To address this question, the present research examines how relative power affects …

in the tax arena and interaction dynamics are described. Interaction is shaped by power of the authorities and their … and its extension, it is argued that a distinction between coercive and legitimate power, and between reason based trust … and implicit trust is necessary to understand the interaction dynamics. Subsequently, emotions elicited by power of …

We investigate power abuse of a single punisher in a public-goods-game subject to variations in punishment power and … contribution transparency. We find a high amount of abuse across all conditions. More power led to more abuse over time, while … transparency could only curb abuse in the high power conditions. These findings highlight the dangers of power centralization, but …