Brennan, Geoffrey; Brooks, Michael - In: Public Choice 130 (2007) 3, pp. 457-470
In a paper published in this journal, Cowen (2002) argues that whenever compliance with norms is supported by the forces of esteem, there is “too little” norm compliance. In this paper, we show that Cowen’s logic is flawed – that when the operation of esteem-based norms is formally...
