Social preferences for the punishment of free riders are critical for generating cooperative behavior in human society …. Focusing on the receiving fees of Japan's public broadcaster, this study analyses how punishment of free riders, that is, the …

In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit … accumulation with the theory of addiction. Chronic pain is conceptualized as a persistent negative shock to lifetime utility that … calibrate the model for a benchmark American and investigate the comparative dynamics of alternative drug characteristics, pain …

irrespective of punishment and therefore have a lower demand for a costly punishment institution than groups of like-minded free … riders, who are unable to cooperate without punishment. We also predict that the difference in the demand for punishment is … cooperative groups to avoid wasting resources for an unneeded punishment institution. In uncooperative groups, it helps members to …