of punishment. This paper presents the first controlled experiment to study a third important factor that has been mainly … will be punished is dissolved and the timing at which the punishment is actually imposed, as well as the combination …: either no delay (immediate resolution and immediate punishment) or maximum delay (both resolution and punishment as much as …

Strong Reciprocity theorists claim that cooperation in social dilemma games can be sustained by costly punishment … costly punishment raises cooperation in laboratory conditions. Its efficacy in the field however is controversial. I … theorists is unsupported by ethnographic evidence on decentralised punishment and by historical evidence on common pool …

of punishment. This paper presents the first controlled experiment to study a third important factor that has been mainly … will be punished is dissolved and the timing at which the punishment is actually imposed, as well as the combination …: either no delay (immediate resolution and immediate punishment) or maximum delay (both resolution and punishment as much as …

problem is multilateral punishment, whereby groups of principals jointly punish cheating agents by giving them bad reputations …. But how does such punishment work when there is uncertainty regarding whether an agent actually cheated or was just the … to employ multilateral punishment. We find that a modest amount of uncertainty increases overall welfare because …

party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face …'s decisions to use economic punishment, and that this holds true in situations where reputation or strategic concerns have no …

party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face …'s decisions to use economic punishment, and that this holds true in situations where reputation or strategic concerns have no … importance. -- Status ; punishment ; discrimination …

) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect … punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding …

) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect … punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding. -- deterrence ; public good experiment ; inequity …

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 … shedding light upon the importance of social norms and their interplay with punishment mechanisms. We show that the separate …