Journal
ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 157, Issue -, Pages 41-44Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.022
Keywords
Punishment; Public good; Experiment; Selfish
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- Max Planck Society
- IMPRS Uncertainty
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We show that a second-party punisher forces his peers to contribute to a public good while contributing significantly less himself. This effect increased over time and casts doubt on the prevalent prosocial interpretation of (designated) punishment behavior. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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