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strategies seen in the lab and use the simulation to develop hypotheses about why group size should matter when punishment is …Because costly punishment is not credible, subgame perfection suggests that punishment will not deter free riding … rates no lower than small groups because punishment does not fall appreciably in large groups. However, hindrances to …
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punishment option and compare it to the behavior of individuals in a laboratory experiment. We also consider different team …
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welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger about free-riding. If this is the case, then tools that regulate … aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (Objective), through a form of emotion regulation …
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welfare is reduced is that punishment can express anger about free-riding. If this is the case, then tools that regulate … aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (objective), through a form of emotion regulation …
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punishment, when members of a group decide by majority voting whether to inflict punishment on another member, relative to … individual peer-to-peer punishment. Democratic punishment leads to more cooperation and higher average payoffs, both under … perfect and imperfect monitoring of contributions, primarily by curbing anti-social punishment and thereby establishing a …
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We report experimental findings on the impact of network structure on decentralized monitoring and punishment in public … exogenously determined network. We examine contributions and punishment decisions in three network environments - a Complete … hypothesis that asymmetry in the network leads to discriminatory punishment across potential targets on the basis of their …
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goods typically assume a single rational decision-maker. We use a laboratory experiment to compare team decisions to … decisions of individuals in a finitely repeated public good game with and without a costly punishment option. Teams of three … participants coordinate on decisions either by majority or unanimity rule. We find that in absence of a punishment option teams …
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monitors'). We review the literature on the relative merits of punishment and rewards when the distribution of incentive power … evidence showing how concentrating reward/punishment power in one group member affects cooperation. …
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strategies seen in the lab and use the simulation to develop hypotheses about why group size should matter when punishment is …Because costly punishment is not credible, subgame perfection suggests that punishment will not deter free riding … rates no lower than small groups because punishment does not fall appreciably in large groups. However, hindrances to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703051
We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments, we study four- and eight-person groups in high and low marginal per capita return (MPCR) conditions. We find a positive effect of group size in the low MPCR condition, as in...
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