irrespective of punishment and therefore have a lower demand for a costly punishment institution than groups of like-minded free … cooperative groups to avoid wasting resources for an unneeded punishment institution. In uncooperative groups, it helps members to …We use an experiment to test the hypothesis that groups consisting of like-minded cooperators are able to cooperate …

We examine the effectiveness of the individual-punishment mechanism in larger groups, comparing groups of four to … groups of 40 participants. We find that the individual punishment mechanism is remarkably robust when the marginal per capita … efficiency gains from the punishment mechanism are significantly higher in the 40-participant than in the four …

information conditions, where cheating is less obvious, punishment is much less effective in enforcing cooperation. Evidently, the … explanatory power of punishment is constrained by the visibility of cheating. …

whether to engage in costly punishment of a free rider in a survey-based experiment with 1423 students from seven study areas …

goods game with endogenous third-party punishment in matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India. Our findings indicate …

with endogenous third-party punishment in matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India. Our findings indicate that …

Ostracism, or exclusion by peers, has been practiced since ancient times as a severe form of punishment against … behavior and the functioning of a social group. We present data from a laboratory experiment, in which participants face a … form of punishment and decreases theft by excluded members once they are re-admitted into the group. However, it also leads …