Nosenzo, Daniele; Xiao, Erte; Xue, Nina - 2022
The literature on punishment and prosocial behavior has presented conflicting findings. In some settings, punishment … environments, but in one punishment is self-serving (i.e., potentially benefits the punisher) while in the other it is other …-regarding (i.e., potentially benefits a third party). We find that self-regarding punishment reduces the social stigma of selfish …