initiate corruption actively, in order to assess the full effect of whistle-blowing. In our laboratory experiment we find that …Whistle-blowing is seen as a powerful tool in containing corruption, although theoretical findings and experimental … the effect of symmetrically punished whistle-blowing is ambiguous since it reduces the impact of corruption on productive …

initiate corruption actively, in order to assess the full effect of whistle-blowing. In our laboratory experiment we find that …Whistle-blowing is seen as a powerful tool in containing corruption, although theoretical findings and experimental … the effect of symmetrically punished whistle-blowing is ambiguous since it reduces the impact of corruption on productive …

reciprocity norm, irrespective of monetary consequences. -- Public good games ; Punishment ; Experiments ; Conditional cooperation … second contributor. The consequences of sanctioning depend on the treatment: whereas punishment can reduce inequality in one … treatment, it only creates another inequality in the other. To capture the effect of delay on punishment both treatments are run …

the use of loaded language significantly reduces the incidence of bribery and increases the level of punishment …. Punishment of bribery leads to reduced bribery in future. The evidence suggests that this game captures essential features of a … history of past play has little effect on the level of corruption. …

This paper investigates how punishment promotes cooperation when the punishment enforcer is independent of its proposer …. In a prisoner's dilemma experiment, compared with the case when the implicated parties are allowed to punish each other …, cooperation is lower when the enforcement of punishment requires approval from an independent third party. Our data show that the …

second contributor. The consequences of sanctioning depend on the treatment: whereas punishment can reduce inequality in one … treatment, it only creates another inequality in the other. To capture the effect of delay on punishment both treatments are run … once with immediate and once with delayed punishment. Moreover, to investigate the effect of pure voice, all four …

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

We use a public-good experiment to analyze behavior in a decentralized asymmetric punishment institution. The … institution is asymmetric in the sense that players differ in the effectiveness of their punishment. At the aggregate level, we … observe remarkable similarities between outcomes in asymmetric and symmetric punishment institutions. Controlling for the …

We use a public-good experiment to analyze behavior in a decentralized asymmetric punishment institution. The … institution is asymmetric in the sense that players differ in the effectiveness of their punishment. At the aggregate level, we … observe remarkable similarities between outcomes in asymmetric and symmetric punishment institutions. Controlling for the …

subjects to punish free-riders increases cooperation in the public goods game, and that the degree of punishment is sensitive … cadets' reluctance or willingness to punish non-cooperators in a public goods experiment. We employ a standard public goods … game with punishment, but in addition to knowing how much each player contributed to the group good, subjects also know the …