party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face …’s decisions to use economic punishment, and that this holds true in situations where reputation or strategic concerns have no …

A stream of research examining the effect of punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead … a penalty and excuse their selfish behavior. We address the question of punishment legitimacy in our experiment by … shedding light upon the importance of social norms and their interplay with punishment mechanisms. We show that the separate …

, even if punishment is costly. However, these studies focus on situations where there is no uncertainty about others …' behavior. We investigate punishment in a world with “reasonable doubt” about others' contributions. Interestingly, people … some non-trivial degree of noise, punishment (1) cannot maintain high contributions and (2) reduces welfare even below the …

. -- formal sanctions ; informal sanctions ; experiment ; voting ; cooperation ; punishment …

’ truth telling is absolute or depends on the size of a lie. In a laboratory experiment we compare punishment for different … violation ; punishment ; experiment …

) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect … punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding. -- deterrence ; public good experiment ; inequity …

controlled conditions, we have conducted a public goods experiment with central punishment. The authority is neutral - she does … not benefit from contributions to the public good. Punishment is costly. Along with the punishment decisions the authority … writes justifications for her decisions. In the Baseline, authorities are requested to justify punishment decisions, but the …

party punishment. Status is conveyed by surname; half of the third parties face dictators with a noble name and half face …'s decisions to use economic punishment, and that this holds true in situations where reputation or strategic concerns have no … importance. -- Status ; punishment ; discrimination …

, even if punishment is costly. However, these studies focus on situations where there is no uncertainty about others …' behavior. We investigate punishment in a world with “reasonable doubt” about others' contributions. Interestingly, people … level of a setting without punishment. Our findings suggest that sufficient information accuracy about others' behavior is …

increases substantially after introducing an ex post sanctioning possibility. Namely, subjects can assign punishment points to …-statistic game ; punishment ; sanction ; weakest link …