symmetric and asymmetric punishment regimes for bribery, one may wonder which punishment strategy is more effective in curbing … corruption. For this purpose, we designed and ran a lab experiment in Bonn (Germany) and Shanghai (China) with exactly the same … design. The results show that, in both countries, with symmetric punishment recipients are less likely to grant the socially …

The most famous element in Bentham's theory of punishment, the Panopticon Prison, expresses his view of the two … purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … by manipulating how much information on punishment experienced by others is available to would-be offenders. Compared …

, even if punishment is costly. However, these studies focus on situations where there is no uncertainty about others …' behavior. We investigate punishment in a world with 'reasonable doubt' about others' contributions. Interestingly, people … some non-trivial degree of noise, punishment (1) cannot maintain high contributions and (2) reduces welfare even below the …

. We therefore complement the field evidence by a lab experiment that isolates the definitional feature of probation: the … less to a joint project; punishment cost is higher; efficiency is lower; inequity is higher. While experimental subjects … themselves do trust the institution less if punishment does not become effective immediately. …

We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum-security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity … render their criminal identity more salient in their minds. An additional placebo experiment with regular citizens shows that …

We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity …. This effect is specific to individuals who have a criminal identity, because an additional placebo experiment shows that …

We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity …. This effect is specific to individuals who have a criminal identity, because an additional placebo experiment shows that …

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 …. Contributions collapse over decision rounds in groups with limited punishment opportunities, even if the absolute punishment …