laboratory experiment in which subjects lack any private material incentive to report partners’ actions, we find that most …

Punishment has been shown to be an effective reinforcement mechanism. Intentional or not, punishment will likely …: the voluntary contributions mechanism. We find that spillovers occur when others observe punishment outside their own … social dilemma. However, the specific effect of these spillovers depends on one’s personal punishment history which …

effect of the expected cost of punishment of an individual's decision to engage in a proscribed activity and the effect of … speed when the punishment regime for which they voted is implemented. Our results have important implications for a … behavioral theory of deterrence under uncertainty …

This paper analyses, by means of an economic experiment, the impact of (judicial) review on third party punishment …. Whereas the existing literature has studied extensively third party costly punishment as such(both by one or two potential … punishers), it has not addressed the consequences of a second “vertical” punishment level (i.e. of a “second instance”) on the …

) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect … punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding …

punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding. -- deterrence ; public good experiment ; inequity …) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects … hypotheses derived from the theory. …

This paper proposes a retributive argument against punishment, where punishment is understood as going beyond … condemnation or censure, and requiring hard treatment. The argument sets out to show that punishment cannot be justified. The … argument does not target any particular attempts to justify punishment, retributive or otherwise. Clearly, however, if it …

-making experiment preceding the take game. The gameconsists of two stages. In the first stage, the take authority decides howmuch income … punishment behavior. (3) Thereare discontinuous "jumps" in the behavior of responders. They either chooseno punishment (destroy … nothing) or the highest level of punishment (destroyeverything). (4) Expectations have a significant effect on the …