We use a public-good experiment to analyze behavior in a decentralized asymmetric punishment institution. The … institution is asymmetric in the sense that players differ in the effectiveness of their punishment. At the aggregate level, we … observe remarkable similarities between outcomes in asymmetric and symmetric punishment institutions. Controlling for the …

heterogeneity with respect to two dimensions: capability and valuation. Our results reveal that with and without punishment …

subjects to punish free-riders increases cooperation in the public goods game, and that the degree of punishment is sensitive … cadets' reluctance or willingness to punish non-cooperators in a public goods experiment. We employ a standard public goods … game with punishment, but in addition to knowing how much each player contributed to the group good, subjects also know the …

We use a public-good experiment to analyze behavior in a decentralized asymmetric punishment institution. The … institution is asymmetric in the sense that players differ in the effectiveness of their punishment. At the aggregate level, we … observe remarkable similarities between outcomes in asymmetric and symmetric punishment institutions. Controlling for the …

We use a public-good experiment to analyze behavior in a decentralized asymmetric punishment institution. The … institution is asymmetric in the sense that players differ in the effectiveness of their punishment. At the aggregate level, we … observe remarkable similarities between outcomes in asymmetric and symmetric punishment institutions. Controlling for the …

decreases as the network becomes denser, and as the level of corruption detection and punishment increase …In this paper, I study the peer effects in corruption, or more specifically, how sharing hometown or college ties with … other officials who have been investigated for corruption affects an official's likelihood of being investigated for …

Peer punishment is widely considered a key mechanism supporting cooperation in human groups. Although much research … shows that human behavior is shaped by the prevailing social norms, little is known about how punishment decisions are … impacted by the social context. We present a set of large-scale incentivized experiments in which participants (N=999) could …

We conduct an experiment to analyze the conditions under which individuals' propensity to engage in bribery and … and the negative externality caused to other people. We show that neither gender is uniformly more corruption prone … gender differences in such feelings sync with differences in punishment …