punishment, so that they increase overall welfare? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to … punishment leads to lower threats, cooperation and welfare, restoring them to levels equal to or below the levels attained in the … cooperation within groups, it also has a detrimental impact on group earnings in the short-run. Could the introduction of pre …

punishment, so that they increase overall welfare? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to … punishment leads to lower threats, cooperation and welfare, restoring them to levels equal to or below the levels attained in the … cooperation within groups, it also has a detrimental impact on group earnings in the short-run. Could the introduction of pre …

punishment, so that they increase overall welfare? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to … punishment leads to lower threats, cooperation and welfare, restoring them to levels equal to or below the levels attained in the … cooperation within groups, it also has a detrimental impact on group earnings in the short run. Could the introduction of pre …

punishment, so that they increase overall welfare? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to … punishment leads to lower threats, cooperation and welfare, restoring them to levels equal to or below the levels attained in the … cooperation within groups, it also has a detrimental impact on group earnings in the short-run. Could the introduction of pre …

. Providing both unobserved and observed punishment strongly enhances cooperation within groups - strikingly, even with less …Laboratory experiments by Fudenberg and Pathak (2010), and Vyrastekova, Funaki and Takeuch (2008) show that punishment … is able to sustain cooperation in groups even when it is observed only in the end of the interaction sequence. Our …

show that stochastic punishment falls short of sustaining cooperation in the repeated public good game. As punishment noise …Identifying mechanisms able to sustain costly cooperation among self-interested agents is a central problem across … social and biological sciences. One possible solution is peer punishment: when agents have an opportunity to sanction …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and … punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and … punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused …

information conditions, where cheating is less obvious, punishment is much less effective in enforcing cooperation. Evidently, the …Explaining human cooperation in large groups of non-kin is a major challenge to both rational choice theory and the … theory of evolution. Recent research suggests that group cooperation can be explained by positing that cooperators can punish …