behaviors vary markedly across cultures? To shed light on these questions, we explore the role of formal institutions in shaping … individuals’ prosociality and punishment. In Study 1 (N=707), we found that the quality of institutions enforcing cooperativeness … institutions one is exposed to “spills over” to subsequent prosociality but not punishment. These findings support a theory of …

quickly if we introduce two relevant features of social life into the experiment: (i) subjects can migrate across groups with … different sanctioning institutions and (ii) they have the chance to achieve consensus about normatively appropriate behavior … of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate the two efficient institutions first, elect …

quickly if we introduce two relevant features of social life into the experiment: (i) subjects can migrate across groups with … different sanctioning institutions and (ii) they have the chance to achieve consensus about normatively appropriate behavior … of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate the two efficient institutions first, elect …

A stream of research examining the effect of punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead …' conformity can have detrimental effects. In additional experiments, we explain how this negative effect is due, at least for some …

A stream of research examining the effect of punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead … a penalty and excuse their selfish behavior. We address the question of punishment legitimacy in our experiment by … enforcement mechanisms of punishment and norms cannot achieve higher cooperation rates. In fact, conformity is significantly …