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Why Punish: Social Reciprocity and the Enforcement of Prosocial Norms Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Peter Matthews ()
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Recently economists have become interested in why people who face social dilemmas in the experimental lab use the seemingly incredible threat of punishment to deter free riding. Three theories have evolved to explain punishment. We survey each theory and se behavioral data from surveys and experiments to show that the theory called social reciprocity in which people punish norm violators indiscriminately explains punishment best. We also show that social reciprocity can evolve in a population of free riders and contributors if the initial conditions are favorable.
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Keywords: social dilemma ; public good ; punishment ; reciprocity ; norm ; evolutionary game theory ; experiment ; Other versions of this item:
Find related papers by JEL classification: C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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