Laboratory experiments by Fudenberg and Pathak (2010), and Vyrastekova, Funaki and Takeuch (2008) show that punishment … results demonstrate that the real power of unobserved punishment is unleashed when combined with observable punishment …. Providing both unobserved and observed punishment strongly enhances cooperation within groups - strikingly, even with less …

no-punishment network. -- public goods ; experiment ; punishment ; cooperation ; networks … punishment opportunities are restricted to agents who are linked through alternative punishment networks. We find that the … structure of the punishment network significantly impacts contributions to the public good, but not overall efficiencies …

We elicit human conditional punishment types by conducting experiments. We find that their punishment decisions to an … individual are on average significantly positively proportional to other members' punishment decisions to that individual …

This paper examines the differences of two alternative decentralized selective incentives, punishment and reward, in … of punishment(reward), that is the amount by which a punishment(reward) point reduces(increases) the recipient’s earning …. Results show that, (1) with regard to consequences, a “paradox of punishment and reward on cooperation and welfare” exists in …

Punishment has been shown to be an effective reinforcement mechanism. Intentional or not, punishment will likely …: the voluntary contributions mechanism. We find that spillovers occur when others observe punishment outside their own … social dilemma. However, the specific effect of these spillovers depends on one’s personal punishment history which …

differences in either the amount of contributions or the amount of punishment. Furthermore, effort and windfall subjects make …

contributions mechanism with punishment (VCMP). We eliminate 'dynamic economic linkages' between the two stages of our "modified …" VCMP to rule out other potential explanations. We use a beliefs-based model, rooted in psychological game theory, to derive …

. -- conditional cooperation ; selfish bias ; punishment ; public good experiment ; strategy method …This paper introduces new experimental designs to enrich understanding of conditional cooperation and punishment in … public good games. The key to these methods is to elicit complete contribution or punishment profiles using the strategy …

Using a laboratory experiment, we examine whether informal monetary sanctions can lead to better coordination in a … increases substantially after introducing an ex post sanctioning possibility. Namely, subjects can assign punishment points to …-statistic game ; punishment ; sanction ; weakest link …