Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional … maximize compliance? We investigate this question by modeling the co-evolution of law and cooperation in a public goods game … punishment, a defining feature of large-scale human societies. Compared to individually-administered punishment, institutional …

mechanisms to the dilemma in recent decades. Although punishment is thought to be a key mechanism, evolutionary game theory has … revealed that the simplest form of punishment called peer punishment is useless to solve the dilemma, since peer punishment … itself is costly. In the literature, more complex types of punishment, such as pool punishment or institutional punishment …

Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional … maximize compliance? We investigate this question by modeling the co-evolution of law and cooperation in a public goods game … punishment, a defining feature of large-scale human societies. Compared to individually-administered punishment, institutional …

theory of evolution. Recent research suggests that group cooperation can be explained by positing that cooperators can punish … information conditions, where cheating is less obvious, punishment is much less effective in enforcing cooperation. Evidently, the …Explaining human cooperation in large groups of non-kin is a major challenge to both rational choice theory and the …

theory of evolution. Recent research suggests that group cooperation can be explained by positing that cooperators can punish … information conditions, where cheating is less obvious, punishment is much less effective in enforcing cooperation. Evidently, the …Explaining human cooperation in large groups of non-kin is a major challenge to both rational choice theory and the …

cooperation and strategies, such as punishment and gossip, to promote cooperation in social dilemmas. In two studies involving … cooperation or the use of punishment and gossip to promote cooperation. We discuss the implications of these findings for …Previous research on cooperation has primarily focused on egalitarian interactions, overlooking a fundamental feature …

cooperation flourish, and withholding punishment makes cooperation collapse. In less cooperative social environments, where … antisocial punishment has been detected, punishment was detrimental to cooperation. The success of punishment in enhancing … punishing them, whereas in environments in which punishment diminished cooperation, antisocial punishment was explained as …