specialized enforcement technology is sufficiently effective, cooperation is best sustained by a "single enforcer punishment …We introduce the possibility of direct punishment by specialized enforcers into a model of community enforcement … following deviations by regular agent is that such actions, by reducing future cooperation, would decrease the amount of …

Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional … maximize compliance? We investigate this question by modeling the co-evolution of law and cooperation in a public goods game … punishment, a defining feature of large-scale human societies. Compared to individually-administered punishment, institutional …

mechanisms to the dilemma in recent decades. Although punishment is thought to be a key mechanism, evolutionary game theory has … revealed that the simplest form of punishment called peer punishment is useless to solve the dilemma, since peer punishment … itself is costly. In the literature, more complex types of punishment, such as pool punishment or institutional punishment …

anger, ‘social’ emotions like shame and guilt need to be present for punishment to be an effective deterrent of …

anger, ‘social’ emotions like shame and guilt need to be present for punishment to be an effective deterrent of …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and … punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and … punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and … punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …

anger, ‘social’ emotions like shame and guilt need to be present for punishment to be an effective deterrent of …

anger, ‘social’ emotions like shame and guilt need to be present for punishment to be an effective deterrent of …