the possibility to vote for the exclusion of non-cooperating allies, i.e. ostracism, can be a powerful negative referendum … to increase allies’ contributions to the collective good. However, it is found that ostracism does not necessarily … increase earnings in a public goods game. In particular, it is shown that the ostracism mechanism is used differently by …

Ostracism is practiced by virtually all societies around the world as a means of enforcing cooperation and excluding …

Ostracism, or exclusion by peers, has been practiced since ancient times as a severe form of punishment against … transgressors of laws or social norms. The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive analysis on how ostracism affects …

) tolerance. This latter aspect is the most novel addition of this research to the theoretical and empirical literature as we … argue that tolerance acts as a bridging mechanism between trust and ties in affecting overall wellbeing. Using ordered … social capital, as well as separate indices for structural social capital, cognitive social capital and tolerance. The …

Tolerance - respecting individual choice and differences among people - is a prominent feature of modern European … informal institutions - that predict their level of tolerance towards gay people. Using the epidemiological method allows us to … rule out reverse causality. Out of the 46 factors examined, one emerges as very robust: a Muslim background. Tolerance is …

treating everyone equally irrespective of sexual orientation. We find that legal recognition of partnership, marriage and … further build on previous research showing positive effects of economic freedom on happiness and on tolerance towards gay …