pillar is internalised norms of cooperation, sustained by emotions such as guilt and shame. The second pillar is the … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish … inclinations. The third pillar are sanctions meted out to anyone who does not cooperate; ideally punishment can work as a mere …

pillar is internalized norms of cooperation, sustained by emotions such as guilt and shame. The second pillar is the … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish … inclinations. The third pillar are sanctions meted out to anyone who does not cooperate; ideally punishment can work as a mere …

Punishment has been shown to be an effective reinforcement mechanism. Intentional or not, punishment will likely …: the voluntary contributions mechanism. We find that spillovers occur when others observe punishment outside their own … social dilemma. However, the specific effect of these spillovers depends on one’s personal punishment history which …

large-scale experiment with a heterogeneous population sample from Germany. The majority of experimental participants …

side, by magnifying the prevalence of anti-social behavior towards outsiders. A large-scale experiment implemented in …

cooperation. -- uncertain enforcement ; public good game ; altruistic punishment ; decisionmaking under uncertainty ; cooperation …This paper investigates the efficacy of a punishment mechanism in promoting cooperative behaviour in a public goods … game when enforcement of punishment is uncertain. Experimental studies have found that a sanctioning system can induce …